RE: IML: What's NEW...............................

[Geoff Simpson <kiwiimp65@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Doug, I have done a bit of tinkering with power steer boxes, mainly because the local power steer shop wont touch them.Undo the adjustment locknut a few turns and then the stud screw. Retighten the screw to zero lash then a further 1&1/4 turns and tighten the locknut.It is also imperative that you have no sloppy steering joints particularly the outer end of the pitman arm which will make the steering feel as though it doesnt know where it wants to go.Since the hydraulic assist system only responds via the resistance of the wheels twisting baggyness in the linkages make it sorta vague . Having said that it seems I learn a whole heap of new things everyday and I have had a couple of failures with these boxes. Why, I havent figured out yet. Good luck. Geoff Simpson

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Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:30:45 -0600
From: dougnort@xxxxxxxxx
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: IML: What's NEW...............................

Thanks, Mike.  Those are GREAT pictures.  I surely appreciate Lowell Howe for selling items I can't find elsewhere, and he is such a good guy to deal with.

 

Speaking of steering that could be tighter, as you did with your lovely '58, my 1964 Crown Coupe has "loosey goosey" steering.  It is not bad enough to keep me from driving it, but I would feel more confident if it was tighter.  Can anyone tell me what would need to be done to tighten up the steering?  If an answer to that has been posted in the past, I apologize that I have not found it yet.

 

Many thanks.

 

Doug Norton

1964 Crown Coupe - The Princess

1969 Pontiac Grand Prix - Sir Lancelot

2004 Chrysler Sebring Convertible - El Diablo (inferno red)

On Jan 10, 2008 4:15 PM, Michael Howlett <collyman1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello Everyone,

To quote a recent newsmaker/showman........ "Dr. Phil".......... "It's alright, to be bragging on yourself".

 

Please take a moment to check out these two new pages on the Imperial Website.

Many THANKS to Mark Elliott for adding these.........ALL the Webmonsters do an incredible job converting pictures, text, and articles into the pages you see on the website.

I've spent the last couple of years gathering film, 4x6 photos, and text together, and then I had to buy a good scanner, so now I am up and running and ready to roll.

I would much rather spend all my spare time working on all the project cars, but these days you can't get away from the computer, so I must make it a point every week to learn more computer stuff, and devote the time to better my computer skills.

Here are the pictures I took back in October 2005, when we drove to Lowell Howe's place (near Sacramento California).

I would invite anyone who appreciates old cars, and especially Imperials, to make it a point sometime in the near future to take the time and go and visit Lowell Howe's "Land of 1000 Imperials".

 

http://www.imperialclub.com/Events/LowellHowe2005-02/index.htm

 

Also, Mark was kind enough to add one of my Imperials to the website and I can't stress enough, how much WORK the volunteers do to convert the articles, text, and pictures into the sharp, crisp, clean pages you see on the website.

 

http://www.imperialclub.com/Yr/1958/MichaelHowlett/

 

Thanks for looking,

-Mike in Oregon

 

 

 

 

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