Matt,
I think I would leave the carb to someone else if I were you. I've
done a few, 60 & 69 Imperial & 77 NYB. The job is not really that
hard. You need a few decent tools, particularly line wrenches so
you don't break the fuel line. Be careful not to loose linkage
clips, don't over tighten anything. Most of all, DON'T drop
anything in the intake manifold or you could really be sorry. I
also had a kid replace a carb on a 66 I owned & he bent something &
when we took it for a test, the throttle jammed wide open on a
neighborhood street. A miracle nobody got hurt. The garage owner
did fire him though.
If the carb on there now is working OK, I'd leave it be for now
until you sort out the other issues. You don't want to get to the
point where you disable the whole car. That can get very discouraging.
John
----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Gill" <mgill3@xxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 5:34 PM
Subject: IML: I'll do it myself
Ok, so i've decided to just do it all myself. I obviously can't
flush it without a machine but i'm told by many people that having
a little old fluid left really won't make a big difference. A
buddy at work tells me that if i'm replacing the filter and
gasket, and clean out the oil pan, there's no reason to have it
flushed if i'm already cleaning out the pan anyways. I'll just
take care of it on my own, and may end up doing another fluid
change shortly after just to clear out even more of that older
fluid. Wish me luck! I'll be in the garage most of the day
tomorrow to get it taken care of, hopefully she's in good running
shape afterward, minus the carbeurator that i need replaced.
Which brings me to another question, should a newbie like myself
(never worked on a car in my life) even bother to attempt a carb
replacement? I think it looks to complex for me with the hoses and
other things running to it... kinda scary. I think my best bet is
to have my good mechanic buddy do it for me, while i watch and
learn... and try to lend a helping hand if i can.
By the way, i ordered one of those cool Imperial club shirts, all
black with the big logo on the front, it'll be my car show shirt i
suppose. Also ordered a real nice license plate frame with
"IMPERIAL" engraved on the bottom of it... pretty neat. Let me
know if any of you are interested in the company that can make
them, they're chrome with the professional laser etching, totally
custom for whatever you want. I didn't really like the
imperialclub.com plate frame, looked a bit tacky with the white
stick-on appearence.
Matt
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