Vintage Thunderbird Club International

Yeah I guess you a right. I just figured to actually have ours on the road would be nice before but it would help out a lot to have guys who have gone through the same problems. Thanks Alan!

redstangbob, im in livonia, where are you located? haha thats too funny..my dad and I are not apart of any clubs yet becuase we have just a few more kinks to work out with our charging system (possibly alternator) and need a new paint job. if you know anyone in the area that does a good paint job fo...

ah man im jealous of that socal weather..im from san pedro long beach area and my bird would be a lot happier there..now shes pent up in my detroit michigan garage till april :(

Yes I found that in my shop manual but when I went under the car today to check our wiring I saw a red/black wire, yellow/black wire, and a white wire. Unless that white wire once had a black stripe down it. I guess ill try to get a better look at it later today.

Thanks for posting that picture!

I think our problem is the way we hooked up the alternator..does anyone have a proper diagram of the wiring layout behind it?

Hey guys,
So the bird is constantly having to be jumped..and when it is jumped and running, after it gets hot, when you give it gas it feels like giving it gas will cause it to stall (which it eventually does). Any suggestions on what this problem could be? It has a new battery

nothing when the key is off and the brakes are pushed..and when it is pushed when the key is on..nothing happens (except the fact that they stay on when the key is on at all times..so no dimming or brightening of the lights that are on)

I am not sure. We reconnected those after we plugged it in. All I know is that once we plugged that in, the lights in the back lit up and are staying lit up when the key is on (no running lights or headlamps are turned on).

hey guys, well we took it to our mechanic and he could not find the problem. my dad has an electrical engineer buddy at ford who is very talented so we might see what he has to say on the matter. as soon as we got it home from the shop, we noticed that there was a plug that was not plugged in right ...

Hey Randy its a 66'

Hey Guys,

The bird is up and running but we have no brake lights. The turn signals work just fine. Could this just be a faulty brake light switch?

thanks guys for the quick responses, boaterbob thanks for the link, it will come in handy tonight when we bench bleed the MC, and redstangbob, thanks for the tip on the rod. I believe we do have the correct MC, we matched it exactly to the one that came off the car when we bought it (drove it home t...

This is our first time rebuilding the brake system like this, so how do you bench bleed the MC? Is there a website or somewhere I can see how this is done? Also, we did see that you could adjust the rod between the booster and the MC but we just assumed it did not need any adjustment because the MC ...

Hey Guys, So we bolted the brake booster and master cylinder back on and connected the lines to the MC. We got all new brake pads and had the rotors turned. Bottom line is everything is clean and or new. When we went to bleed the brakes, we noticed that we were not getting any fluid coming out of th...

Bob, I do not even see a red green wire :(..the brown wire has 12 volts to it when the key is turned..haven't checked when cranked.. Graeme..yes that is the system I am using.. I really think that the coil and module are fine..I just think its the wiring..so bob you have a red green wire on your pos...