Thanks for the replies, Aspen500 and Volare 77. I checked Google but it did not give me any really useful info. I did take off the box by the lights but the blue wire was attached to a wire from a separate harness than the stop/tail lights and when I disconnected it the lights had more...
Under the dash, near the left kick-panel, I found a box that says A.R.A. Electronic Speed Control! I don't know if this was a dealer add-on or not. Have any of you seen these before? It seems that after getting the car up to 55 mph trying to get to 60 - 65 the car just coasts. Any idea how...
Thank you Master M, Captain Caravelle, and Monkeyed for the ideas and suggestions. I will check all those things and buy a compression gauge and maybe a leak-down tester. I am concerned about the over rich condition that the spark plugs indicated that might lend itself to plug the catalytic...
Update - Since last October: I replaced the EGR valve and the water pump. The car ran good with the exception of the coolant leak re-appearing near the back of the motor, on the Right -passenger side. The car continued to run good until 2/14/2015 when it started running very rough and died...
I was away from my computer on the weekend. Thank you to Captain Caravelle, Mopar_Gods, and Mirada Megacab for your replys and info. It seems that I have two separate problems: I found the usual culprit - the water pump has a very small & slow leak from the weep hole that was hard to see. But...
Thanks Capt. Caravelle,
As far as I know, I think it is a Carter carb. with the electronic input from the lean burn computer. That brings up another question; I've seen mixed opinions as to if this same carb would work with the conversion to the old mopar electronic ignition set-up. It seems...
My 1985 Chrysler Fifth Ave. recently has been my wife's transportation to work. It developed a slow coolant leak that I have been nursing along, the leak seems to be on the right rear of the motor, but not from the lower freeze plugs. It still has the Lean Burn computer that had leveled out...
Well it's been about a year since I changed the trans. filter, put in new ATF+4 fluid and adjusted the bands, and my Fifth Ave. was still not going into reverse until warmed -up with 20 minutes of driving. Then we had our first cool weekend in October and low and behold the car started shifting...
I did look for a door sticker and there is not one on there for the tires; just a blank one for Gross vehicle Weight and a place for the VIN which doesn't make sense since the VIN is on top of the dash! I know the car was in a minor accident once; so maybe the tire sticker got removed then.
I...
Well I didn't get a chance to do the fluid & filter change on the Fifth; had to do emergency work on an old Buick! yuk!
But I really appreciate Ramenth's explanation about the TSBs on the transmission fluid going to ATF+4. It really makes sense with all the advancements in oil.
I can't seem...
Thanks for the explanations MiradaMegacab, Bremereric, and Ramenth. I guess I was really behind the times on the types of transmission fluids! I will do the flush-out, change the filter, and add fresh ATF+4 and keep my fingers crossed! I hope to try it this weekend.
Thanks again, with your...
My 1985 Fifth Ave. that I recently got from an estate will not shift into reverse until about 15 minutes of driving! :angry1: Could just a dirty/clogged filter cause this? I don't know much about automatic transmissions, but the Torkflites seem pretty good, I've only had one rebuilt out of the...