1960 turn signal cancel cam

["Chris Bray \(Bray's Auto Body\)" <braysautobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you, Kenyon!!

I'm sure I can figure out how it works.  I just wanted to make sure there
was something there to fix.

Thanks again!

Chris  60 Crown Sedan






----- Original Message -----
From: "kenyon wills" <imperialist60@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 11:01 AM
Subject: IML: 1960 turn signal cancel cam


>
> --- "Chris Bray (Bray's Auto Body)" <braysautobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> > Did they have a linkage or something linked to the steering column to
> > cancel
> > out the blinker switch?
>
> Yes.
>
> >Mine doesn't cancel out, and it doesn't seem possible that Imperial would
> >overlook that.  Any ideas?
>
>
> There is a cam on the steering rod that the steering wheel turns inside
> the steering column.  I took mine apart on the way to my steering box and
> did not reassemble in the proper order.  There are some washers and shims
> in the assembly.  If you take your steering wheel off, lay your pieces out
> in the order that they come off or take notes or something.
>
> It was so much work, that I just skipped doing a second dis-assembly and
> did manual cancellation after that till I sold the car.  The FSM pictures
> are not as detailed as possible if memory serves.  All I know is that I
> got myself confused (easy to do in my case) and was unable to easily
> figure out what I had mis-inserted.
>
> ------
>
> For those of you that read most messages, there was a quip about current
> vehicles being disposable.  If the changing fashions of 55-75 weren't
> conspicuous consumption and stylistic dating of cars, I don't know what
> is.  Although they are built to last, I think that all of the metal was
> used because they just didn't know a better way, and plastic wasn't as
> easy to work with as it is today.  The Japanese sure showed Detroit a
> thing or two about engineering and car design, for better or worse - the
> market proves that.
>
> Finned cars were shunned as outdated and garish 5 years after that styling
> fad went away.  The was a form of cheap construction in comparison to
> today's 4-7 year plus life cycle of some cars' styling (crown victoria,
> anyone).  Now that they're scarce, everyone loves 'em, but....
>
> I'd say that it's human nature to make things disposable, and that
> Imperials are no exception, being items of conspicuous consumption, even
> if they did manage to be designed with us here in 2003 in mind regarding
> resurrection.
>
>
>
>
>
> =====
> Kenyon Wills
> 6o LeBaron - America's Most Carefully Built Car
> 73 LeBaron - Long Low & Luxurious
>
> San Lorenzo/SF Bay Area
>
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