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The filter is NAPA 2030. It fits many small
aircraft. The NAPA store I used to use was right next to the airport
general aviation department - the store is now closed - and I could get the part
right off the shelf back in the day.
You are missing the spark plug wire cover on the
passenger side. Sorry. Apart from the places I have already given
you to look for parts, you might also try Hot Head Hemis at
I have never found NAPA to be of much use with this
car. Their computer system does not list the 392 Hemi. I'd make sure
they have ordered the right filter if I was you. AutoZone's computer
system does list the 392 but, often as not, they cannot order the part as it is
no longer in stock. You will be using specialist suppliers for this
car. Or scrap yards.
Good luck.
Hugh
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 9:58
AM
Subject: IML: 1958 Imperial first crack
at the engine this AM.
I got my hands dirty this morning. I went
out to the garage before work and pulled the protective cowling off of the
valve cover to expose the sparkplug sockets. I did not anticipate that
the plugs would be so deep, and my socket extension wasn't long enough.
A quick trip to Wal Mart after work will take care of that.
I pulled
the one spark wire in my attempt. (One and only one. I don't have
the wires labeled yet and I don't know the configuration by heart like the
pros out there, so I've got to take baby steps.) I was dismayed to see
that the bottom of the wire was wet, meaning the plug is sitting in a pool of
water. This arises, I have no doubt, from my over-exuberant use of the
pressure washer last week when I cleaned the engine. I don't have an air
compressor to blow them out, so I'll have to figure the shadetree way to get
the water out of there so it won't drain into the cylinder once I get the plug
out. Dernit. Any words of wisdom will be appreciated.
I
also pulled the air cleaner. There has to be a pet name for that funky
air cleaner that leans to the passenger side. Anyway, it needs to be
stripped and painted, which I'll start on tonight. Anyone know where I
can get a replacement decal for the top of the air cleaner?
I saw where
the valve cover (392 Hemi) on the passenger side didn't have a spark plug
cowling. I'm hoping it's not supposed to, in favor of the space needed
for the bulky air cleaner. Anyone know? If it's supposed to be
there I'm missing the part and need one.
I only had a few minutes to
play mechanic, so I didn't get much done. It was fun, nonetheless, to
get my hands dirty. I got a kick later when I stopped into the NAPA
store on my way to work with the old air cleaner, looking for a
replacement. Those guys were scratching their heads trying to figure if
they had the part. They kept asking "Are you sure it ain't a '68?"
I guess they didn't trust a guy in a suit to know. Needless to say, they
had to order it.
I have a feeling I'll be making frequent
morning stops at the NAPA store as this project progresses.
Patrick
Moore
1958 4 dr Southampton
Southeast Louisiana
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