bajajoaquin
Senior Member
Since I've been working so much lately, I really haven't been able to get any time in on the Imperial. So I decided to admit defeat and take it to my local mechanic. I asked him to look at the brakes which were making some noise and dragging, address the crappy, crappy cold starting, and check out my diff fluid level, since I saw some drops back there.
It took him a couple days, because it starts and runs fine once warm, so he needed to keep it over night twice to track down the bad starting. But it runs pretty well now. It fires up with a twist of the key, hot or cold. If it's heat soaked it still needs to crank a bit extra and fill the float bowls, but it works fine.
I'll be checking the length of my rod to see if that's a contributing factor.
It still sounds like it's detonating a bit when it has it's initial crank when hot, but I'm not sure what to do about that. Maybe initial advance too advanced? I'll probably post up in the engine section, too.
My pinion seal appears to be leaking, so that's on the list.
My rear brakes had a bad shoe on the passenger side, which was actually broken and rubbing. So that's replaced.
So it runs real nice, and with all the power windows working, it's been really nice to drive around town with all four down. On Saturday, I was going to take my daughter to the zoo, but my Father-in-law called, and wanted a visit. So I invited him. Then my wife said, well, if my daughter, husband and dad are all going, it's a family outing, and I don't want to miss that! Then my sister-in-law, who was over, said, "hey, do you have room for me?"
In the Imperial, yes, we do.
Still more to do, but there always is.
It took him a couple days, because it starts and runs fine once warm, so he needed to keep it over night twice to track down the bad starting. But it runs pretty well now. It fires up with a twist of the key, hot or cold. If it's heat soaked it still needs to crank a bit extra and fill the float bowls, but it works fine.
I'll be checking the length of my rod to see if that's a contributing factor.
It still sounds like it's detonating a bit when it has it's initial crank when hot, but I'm not sure what to do about that. Maybe initial advance too advanced? I'll probably post up in the engine section, too.
My pinion seal appears to be leaking, so that's on the list.
My rear brakes had a bad shoe on the passenger side, which was actually broken and rubbing. So that's replaced.
So it runs real nice, and with all the power windows working, it's been really nice to drive around town with all four down. On Saturday, I was going to take my daughter to the zoo, but my Father-in-law called, and wanted a visit. So I invited him. Then my wife said, well, if my daughter, husband and dad are all going, it's a family outing, and I don't want to miss that! Then my sister-in-law, who was over, said, "hey, do you have room for me?"
In the Imperial, yes, we do.
Still more to do, but there always is.
