Vintage Thunderbird Club International

Was a good time but the OZBird has sold his Thunderbird.

Enjoy the history, was a huge thread!

Graeme

I had the same thing on my 62', ended up putting extra washers to move the bolt back a little to clear the hose.

Brakes excellent, not sure if drums all round will be better.

MX only, have sold car now so will never see it again!

No worries, did not replace anything, had no leaks or issues with stock pump.

If it was me I'd use your old pump too, if anything the later model would be better.

Graeme

The key I think is to use the original booster bracket and attach the booster to it. I think it is covered in page 3 of this thread.

If you have already done that, maybe a photo if you can so we can figure out the issues.?

graeme

Great news Bill - the bird will enjoy your company again, .

graeme

Get well soon Bill, be thinking of you.

Graeme

Thanks John, all good in sunny Australia, will let you know if we could use some of your old images.

Graeme

Great Steve - I can see from your image that all your parts for the kickdown are in place but not connected. Your mechanic has left the short rod floating but you just need to bolt it back to the throttle rod closest to the firewall. It attaches with a nut an bolt which should be still intact. There...

Hi,

glad you are enjoying the updates, check this WWWlink, on our very own forum... It is a standard factory item, may have been tossed away by some unknowing previous user.

viewtopic.php?t=6836&start=45


Graeme

Plenty of information here - do a search and you will find them.

To get you going, here is my first hit . . .

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12532&p=75254&hilit ... nel#p75254

I'd love to get some but too damn expensive!!

Graeme

I am already missing the dashpot and down-shift connecting rod on mine - will those be necessary? If you cannot locate the rods etc for the downshift connection, I used a Lokar kit like this https://www.summitracing.com/int/parts/lok-kd-2fmxht/overview/ - you may also need to get the carburettor br...

Are these the ones that you need? You said you want UNF but this is not a problem, just change the bolts as well maybe.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Ford-Speed- ... SwcXVZ6GIR

Graeme

So far so good Geoff, I don't drive it daily but under hood heat seems to be quite a lot less now. That 90*degree angle looks OK, no discolouring in the exhaust pipe in that area.

Graeme