That is correct about the asterix. Paul In a message dated 6/4/2004 9:06:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jsadowski@xxxxxxx writes: > I believe the asterix means the dash has either been repaired or replaced. >That was one of the 80's Imperials big problems. I knew someone that bought an >81 sometime around late 83 & he had the no start problem then. There were >times when he would crank it till the battery was nearly dead, then leave it >15-20 minutes & it would start immediately. We worked at the same place, so I >had given him a ride over to the Chrysler dealer several times when he brought >the car to be fixed. Every time I was there, they had one or two of them in >the shop with lots of parts removed & stacked all over the place. I asked the >mechanic working on one of them one time I was there what was wrong with them, >since every time I was there, they always had at least one like that. He >didn't seem to want to volunteer too much info other then to say it wouldn't >start. After word came out that the cars had major problems that would require >a major retrofit & that the parts to do so were in very short supply & cost >$2-3 K to accomplish, he got rid of the Imperial in a hurry at a big loss. > John > > > > I have a 1983 Chrysler Imperial that I purchased about a month ago. It's in >pretty decent condition, but does have some rust in the rear left & right >quarter panel & the bottom of the deck lid. It has 130,000 Miles on it (but >there is an asterix beside where it says that, don't know what that means) and >gets from 15 - 20 US MPG on a tank. > > > > Right from the beginning, whenever I would start it, it would crank over a >bit more than what I would expect a "normal" car to do, although I did hear >from a certain mechanic that due to it's older computer, that could be normal. >It always drives & idles nice though. Anyways, here's what happened: I drove >my car to work friday morning (7:30 am), and it did it's usual "longer than >normal" start, all was good. It sat all day at work in about say 20 C (68 F) >temperature. I finished work around 5:00 pm and went to start my car. The >first try I held the key in the "start" position for about 6 - 8 seconds, it >just cranked, didn't fire once. This was kind of surprising, as it had never >done this before. So I tried it again, nothing. After that, i tried pumping >the gas pedal (I usually NEVER touch the gas pedal at all before or during >starting) while I was cranking it, it actually fired one or two times but >didn't start. Next, I pulled off the air cleaner cover, & I could smell gas( >but it didn't appear flooded), so I left the cover off for a minute or two, >then put it back on and tried again. Nothing. > > > > So after that I went back inside to where I work & called AMA to send over >a tow truck. Next ( about 30 mins had passed since I had last tried starting >the car) I went outside again to see if I could start the car. I put the key >in and cranked it...it didn't fire for a sec or two, but then caught a few >times & started. For the first few seconds it ran rough, like it had too much >/ too little fuel, but after that it smoothed out and idled like it has always >had before (it idles nice btw). So now i'm a little scared about something >like this happening again (i've been driving it for about 4 days since then >and it's always started). Now would any of you guys have any idea what the >problem could be and what I can do to fix it? I'm also interested in why it >seems to need a few excessive cranks to start. > > > > Oh, and you can check out pictures of my car here: > > http://www3.telus.net/agentsmith > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Joel Smith > > Edmonton, Alberta. > > > > > > > > > > Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com > > The most personalized portal on the Web! > ?ÿÂz.mNTjjzÊÊ"®1SS.z-TSSs?-¢w®¦{..w.¯x½Tjj¶?¶®z®¢mzÁj®z.mN > I ¢§s?-¢z±m m¶Ÿÿà "š—«‰©\–æÜ¢dáŠÉž²Æ {¬±éí¶Œ¨¹¼…â&¥êâjS