Recent content by patinated_imperial

I finally finished this project, so I better round up this thread. I took the old mounts off my car and made a fixture from them from scrap metal - to get the hole placements relative to each other. (first photo) Then I tacked together the new mounts in the fixture and test fitted them on the...

I just want to chime in and say I enjoyed reading your story and trivia about this gentleman - both here and on the IML. Specially because you phrased it in an interesting and positive way. Unfortunately I am not very good at running into characters like this. One of my friends however... they...

Are you sure you know you are replying to a post from 2021? :D I am puzzled about the purpose of your question? Isn't one of the purposes of a forum, that you can seek advice if you are not 100% sure what your are doing? I was probably wrong about why the oil hole in the bushing was misaligned...

I think that one listed in Germany might be in Denmark now. If it is around 3years ago. (?) I wouldn't be surprised if there is a few in Sweden. There is a guy with a light green '65 convertible posting regularly in the primarily Swedish "imperialclub" facebook group.

I am a little late to the game, but I have a few numbers - for reference concerning the effect of a carb spacer: On a 440 RB with the heat-cross over still active, I added a 5/16" fibreglass spacer between manifold and AFB carb. It dropped the temperature of the float bowl from 127 F to 107 F...

Actually a friend of mine claims my expansion valve is s newer type for R134a. He says the ones for R12 has a difference shape and that the blueish sticker said "R134a" when is was readable ? Based on your very appreciated input, I think I will start leaving the EPR valve in place. Then if...

Thanks - I guess I don't have to worry too much about casting the bolt and holes in line or offset then. If I had lived in the same customs zone as any seller of a trans mount, I would have never even considered making one.

Thanks - I don't want to hijack your thread further :) . I have a few suppliers I can call for advise and pretend I want to buy PU and primer in bulk ;-), but if you happen to know the brand name of your friend's primer, that would be a big help. I hope you will let us know how the A 70 LCA...

Thanks Dave. I am going to take my chances with the ISO 80 ester oil then as I don't even know if the compressor makes pressure. And of course replace the O-rings and dryer. Is it recommended to remove the EPR valve without adding a thermostat to cycle the compressor? We charged a '69 with...

This is Great! Thanks for posting. Your results are obviously professional grade or even better! I am working on casting a PU transmission mount for my '66. After much googling I ended up ordering Shore A hardness 40 from siliconesandmore in Holland. I read that original rubber mounts were...

Last year when I changed the manifold gasket in my '66 Imperial, I made sure to tilt and drain the compressor from the old mineral oil (I THINK it was the original oil - looked like espresso). It's the original RV2. Now I want to re-fill it with ester oil (for compatibility with R134a etc.). I...

Welcome from your neighboring country :) . Such a nice original '69. A few weeks ago I helped the local mopar nut fill the A/C in his '69 Imperial 2 door. 1000g R134a cooled well in his car (roughly 70% of the original charge of R12). Just for reference. Imperials are not well known in Denmark...

The center bolt in mine (also '66 Imp) is also offset forward about 1/4" in the position where it is resting. But it is quite obvious from the way the old rubber is distorted; it should be in line with the 2 outer holes as per Matt's pictures. I checked the engine mount bolts (frame to mount)...

I managed to cut the steel and do most of the drilling today. Having access to a large band saw really helps. (Next time I am going to try to design with the saws limitations in mind. I.e. only cuts between 45° and 90° to the length of the steel.) The pieces that connects to the truck mount was...

Yes, I know of these 2-3° typical rearwards tilt when people build hotrods. So I was not sure if this was what I saw on the old mounts. Did not know the whole engine could be tilted to the side on some models. I don't think it is in this Imperial. Anyway I am going to prepare the individual...