1993 Questions-Keyless and CD

["Matt Hopkins" <mhoppy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

My 92 didn't have keyless, so I got the $40 job from JC Whitney. It works
great except for the trunk circut went out. I seldom get into the trunk
anyway. One thing on installation

-----very important---
The wires in the manual were not the same color as on the car. After a few
hours of figuring out which was which, it was a snap to install. Hopfully
your wires will be properly colored.

In regard to CD player, I have been trying to locate one that was available
from the dealer. If not I am going with an FM job.
Matt Hopkins
92 Imperial
66 Crown
75 Lebaron



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Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 10:52 PM
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Subject: IML: Imperial 1993 Questions...


Hi all!

First of all, I'm glad I found a bunch of guys like you and I'm really proud
to be the owner of an Imperial. I know most of you are a lot more dedicated
than me as you had or are in the process of doing major restoration
projects, while I just picked up an almost brand new car. However, I don't
have much experience in car (my best achievement was the replacement of an
alternator). But, hopefully, I will learn a lot and I'll be able to preserve
and save this nice Imperial for the  next 50 years! I think I'm good at
fixing things as I've done quite a few things in electronic like completely
disassembling a laptop and putting it back together after repairing it, and
yes, it was working after the repair!

As such, I have a few questions for you guys. First, the cruise-control
doesn't work. I've replaced the fuse to no avail. Does anybody know what
could be wrong or what I should check?

I have the Infinity radio-cassette in the car. All the buttons and knobs
have this chrome appearance that I would like to keep. However, I'm really
missing my CD player. I've seen a few Infinity radio-CD player on eBay that
are real similar to mine. I've seen 2 models basically so far: one that has
a CD player replacing the cassette player and another one that has both the
CD player and the cassette player. This last one seems to be a little bigger
than the other one. So, I'm looking for pointers about which one would
nicely fit in my Imperial 93. However, they all have black controls and
knobs. I haven't seen any "chrome" one. Can the buttons and knobs be easily
switched over? Any thoughts?

I also read that the tranny on this car is very sensitive. The car has
85,000 miles. So, I gave a call to my Chrysler dealer to see how much would
be servicing the transmission. He asked me if the transmission has been
serviced in the past. I didn't know so he said that if the transmission has
never been serviced, he wouldn't touch it as it could make things worst. He
said that these transmissions had to be serviced every 25,000 to 30,000
miles. I was a little bit surprised since there was an item in the 1990's
maintenance that talked about having the transmission serviced after 80,000
miles. The seller tells me he got the car at 55,000 miles in 2001 from his
wife's grandfather in 2001. I was then able to find the dealer where most of
the maintenance has been done. However, there was no transmission service
and that dealer also suggested that I leave it alone. What do you guys
think?

Tonight, after coming back from DC, I noticed at some point that there seems
to be a stuck LED in the digital voltage gauge. There is a second needle (?)
that stays at the bottom of the gauge. Is this announcing more problems down
the road for the digital display?

Finally, I'd like to add a keyless entry system. Again, I've seen a few on
eBay but I was wondering what you guys would recommend. I don't really need
an alarm system (maybe to get a discount on my insurance premium), so what
could I get that would easily install? Some systems let you even open the
trunk from the remote, but I'm guessing they are more complex to install?

Thanks all! Sorry if that was a long post. Again, I'm really proud to be a
member of that fine club and I only hope I'll be able to contribute at some
point! I will soon have a few pictures of that fine Imperial!

-Laurent.
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