Author: thethee

Brake light switch /w cruise control fix

 thethee  April 21, 2024
Last couple of days I’ve been working on trying to get my cruise control working again and found that in fact the cruise part of my brake light switch had gone bad. When looking online th non cruise switches are readily available, but the cruise ones are hard to find. The one NOS I found was 125$ and that’s just too much for me. So I figured I’d give it a go and try and fix my switch, even though its another one of those non servicable parts, and provide some pictures of the internals for…

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Host error

 thethee  September 16, 2023

I’m having an intermittent issue with the site, these show up quite often last couple days:

Power steering failure

 thethee  June 13, 2023

Recently I dragged my ’75 Imperial out of its hiding place and came to the conclusion that the power steering on it had failed. The power steering pump was struggling and at almost every steering input sounded like it was about to destroy the pump. It …

Backup light adjustment?

 thethee  May 17, 2023

Going over the car I found that my backup lights were disconnected and I quickly discovered why when I reconnected them. Backup lights are off in park and neutral but are on in reverse, drive, 2, and 1. Can I somehow adjust this from the outside or do …

1968 Imperial 4dr – Netherlands

 thethee  May 2, 2023

The ad states this was an original Belgian car from Chrysler Antwerp and was supposedly used by Belgian royalty and/or embassy.
No fendertag but there is some data plate where the VIN reads YH43K8C2288214, didn’t find it mentioned on the site yet.

The…

ATC workaround

 thethee  March 12, 2023

Okay guys, I have decided that I’m going to work on my ATC system and thought it would be best to start a thread for questions along the way.

My plan is to convert the system to a manual or as much as possible, I’ll see how far I’ll come.

Before anyo…

A guide to your Speed Control Servo

 thethee  January 24, 2023

Okay, maybe a more fitting title would be ‘A guide to my Speed Control Servo’ but I’m sure a lot of you have the same one as me. It’s the later style unit with one vacuum connection and three electrical connections.
I’ve been meaning to do a thread on…