'course, if anyone here can find me an 80's Imperial
with no rust (solid body) for under $1000 (US,
including shipping), I would really be tempted to get
one, as I've always wanted one (or an M-body...). I'd
be keeping the Dynasty too then (or try to). Wouldn't
mind the fuel injection troubles common (?) on some of
those models, because I have this very nice after
market fuel injector computer which was for the
Dynasty.....
As to Brad's comment about all that hot rod "crap",
President Jefferson once said that he could not live a
life without books. I can not (or will not) live a
life without a Mopar hot rod:)
And an Imperial, as it's name suggests, would be the
ultimate way to maintain such a car. There's just
nothing like an Imperial.
--- Chris Boekhout <charger69@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Or, you could just scrap that dodge and buy an
> Imperial!
>
> Chris
> 72 Lebaron
> 71 Lebaron
> etc,etc.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Gathmann" <jim_gathmann@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "3.3 3.3" <mopar33lv6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> "ImperialList ImperialList"
> <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "EEK EEK" <eek@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 11:08 PM
> Subject: IML: Fun Again
>
>
> > Well, tonight I had to take the car out for a
> drive.
> >
> > The weather had been nice all day, warm enough so
> that
> > I could actually wash my car (for the first real
> time
> > since around sept.). Just had to get all that road
> > salt off:(
> >
> > Took me about 9 hours to clean up, and when I was
> done
> > I grabed the fancy grill I picked up for the
> Dynasty
> > and restored it and painted it (metalic gold).
> >
> > Got the grill on after it dried, and I was out to
> have
> > fun with the car. Temperatures warm enough to
> prevent
> > the ol' A604's 7176 from being sluggish, yet not
> warm
> > enough to cook the tranny or anything else.
> >
> > Did a fast acceleration at a light... car stopped
> > accelerating, kept getting spark, problem was the
> > tranny. Back into limp mode (urg!). Was in and out
> of
> > limp mode for the whole 15 minute drive home.
> >
> > Been thinking about my possible problems, here's
> what
> > I'm down to...
> > 1) I know I blew reverse to kindom come, it's
> possible
> > that I've got parts of reverse floating around in
> > there, causing problems with foward drives and
> putting
> > me in limp mode.
> > 2) The speed sensor(s) may be off, putting me into
> > limp mode, or some other electrical issue
> > 3) I have reason to believe that my tranny cooler
> is
> > clogged and is baking the tranny at times
> > 4) I have also sprung a 7176 leak somewhere (and
> that
> > stuff is expensive for tranny fluid!).
> >
> > So I'm in a bind. If I get a rebuild or replace
> the
> > tranny, that throws a monkey wrench the size of
> the
> > moon in the car budget for this year, which means
> all
> > my other cool ideas would be put off for a
> significant
> > amount of time.
> >
> > OR, I could use an external tranny cooler (so I
> know
> > the one being used isn't clogged) with an inline
> > filter, have a local shop check the TCM for codes
> and
> > have them flush my tranny's fluids, fix the leak
> (if
> > possible) and clean out any parts of reverse
> floating
> > around in there, and have them check all the A604
> > electronics. Then, just MAYBE, I may be able to
> keep
> > the tranny running (so long I stay out of reverse)
> > until next summer (not this coming summer, but the
> one
> > after). I may also have the dealer stick a new
> > soloniod pack in there as well, as I'm pretty sure
> > mine is at least half way clogged for most of the
> > forward gears/drives.
> >
> > Figure the $200 in parts, plus maybe 100-200 in
> labor
> > for the fix attempts would be cheaper then the
> $300+
> > for a replacement tranny and the $300-700 to swap
> the
> > two, and either would be cheaper then the $1800-3k
> for
> > a rebuild.
> >
> > On the plus side, if I do end up replacing the
> tranny,
> > the external filter & cooler can be used still, so
> > that cost is not in vain, and I'd have the old
> tranny
> > to play around with. I'm thinking I might be able
> to
> > get a 3 spd for the 3.0 and cut off the bell
> housing
> > to see if I can re-attach it to the A604's and
> vise
> > versa... thus giving me a 3 spd which could bolt
> onto
> > the 3.3- OR, I could grab a A606 and see if I can
> > squeeze it's internals into the A604 (and by the
> way,
> > I found out what makes the A606 stronger- it uses
> a
> > drive chain as opposed to whatever the A604 uses,
> or
> > so said someone in one of the allpar forumns).
> >
> > All I can say is OUCH! There goes my money I had
> lined
> > up for the supercharger, MS parts, and side pipes!
> > Maybe if I got a 3rd and 4th job........
> >
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