Making a trip from New Jersey to Lansing, MI

[kenmore700bill]

Brian,

Again best of luck gather you's made it home alright..I live in the upper class part of Lodi.. other side of the river to you..HA HA,,

Bill

 

[cadman]

Nice ride there!

Get a few underhood shots when you get a chance. If it still is EFI equipped you'll soon become an expert. The first run of these had a rubber hose between the fuel regulator and rail- a lot of those cars experienced engine fires before the recall. Later cars also got a schrader valve at the back of the rail to check proper pressure. Should be 39psi.

The ECU is a batch fire type- with small parts still available. The parts to watch are the coolant temp and air temp sensors. Both are identical and can be swapped for diagnosis. The coolant input is more critical.

You'll want to get that fuel pump ckt out of the ECU with a bypass relay. Shoot me an email and I'll get you specifics-

Cory

 

[brianl]

Got her home Sunday night

With minor difficulties, I was able to get her home the 650 miles to her new home in my garage. I had the muffler blow-out on the way home, causing me to have to stop at Midas in Toledeo. Other than that, she just needs a few little things here and there. The speedometer does not work, but did when the dealer got it, so chances are the offending part in the transmission is to blame. Easy fix though. Rides like a dream; tires smoothed out a bit after sitting for 3 years. Some minor body rust and the undercarriage could use a good undercoat to stop rust. Fuel-injected motor runs good, but could use a nice tune up. I am looking to get some replacement parts so I don't have to search for them when I need them the most.

Cadman--I would like to discuss this fuel pump bypass with you as I am extremely curious why. I am very vintage Cadillac impaired. My friend with a '73 Fleetwood Hearse knows a lot more than I do.

Thanks to everyone for the funny and thoughtful comments. They are well appreciated

 

[qsd-dan]

Nice fishing boat There's nothing like the ride of a long and heavy land yacht.

My buddy recently bought a 4 door '73 Lincoln Towncar about 2 weeks ago and I drove it almost a 100 miles to his house, with him following behind me. Wow, that beast made all of the crappy roads around here feel like they were smooth as glass!

 

[brianl]

Hey cadman

Unfortunately the only good under-hood, or any for that matter, are the ones that are on my auction. You can access it from my first post.

I will also send you an e-mail soon so we can discuss the ECU and all.

 

[brianl]

Extra Features

From what I can initially tell, it does not seem to have many extra features. Most of what is on it, is standard for a Brougham d'Elegance model. No moon-roof, intermittent wipers, auto headlights, and such. I do have cruise control, although not working yet, the better signal seeking am/fm radio, and lights everywhere. I need to acquire the harness part of the seat belt, as it seems they were taken out :-( Even the clips are missing on the seats where the belt would have run through. I need to check some fuses as a small bunch of lights are not working and 2 of the cigarette lighters on the passenger side. Overall, still a very nice car, and for a very nice price. I got 13 mpg on the highway doing around 70 to 75 mph.

 

[paulg]

Still elegant

What great styling. Still makes an elegant statement to this day.

 

[brianl]

Washing & waxing vintage cars...

What would one use to wash and restore vintage car paint that shows signs of oxidation and wear. If you look at the photos in the auction, the paint doesn't seem to bad, but I would like to try for a mirror shine on the car or as close as possible. I noticed there are 3 step products, and many different methods to restore one's paint, which makes me really confused.

 

[ironrite]

Love the Ride

Reminds me of my last BIG Cadillac, a 1974 Talisman. What I have found to work on the GM cars is Brasso to cut the oxidation. I'm not sure when they changed the paint, but I believe they used lacquer based paint. On my old cars I too tried every automotive product under the sun, until I tried the Brasso. A small amount on an old towel, rub it on the paint, don't let it dry like wax, just keep polishing the paint, changing to some fresh toweling as the oxidation comes off. Be very, very careful and just try a small surface first. You can get carried away and remove too much paint. If you find it works ok, then do a small section at a time, say the trunk lid. Then follow up with a good regular car wax. I currently use Eagle One Nanowax on the Mercedes. It has been two years and the wax is still holding up and beads water.

Back in the early 80's I bought a 1966 Brougham and initially thought the car was silver, the paint was so bad. After a can of Brasso and some wax, I was able to restore the paint back to the original gold color.