Vintage Thunderbird Club International

Been there, done that! I think that metal plate and box could be ok? Almost guarantee that theses bolts are rusted in and will have to be drilled out. After clean out they are replaced with Grade 8 bolts, nuts and washers in lieu of the bolts threaded directly into the plate. I think that box of ste...

Gents, I’ve got to replace a leaking deck cylinder and I’m taking the time to cleanup the trunk area hoses and wiring. I had to replace the top wiring harness and hoses maybe 10 years ago. I didn’t pay much attention at the time to the correct location of the hoses going to the LH deck cylinder (acr...

Congratulations on your new Convertible! I recommend keeping the stock relays. Troubleshooting the stock relays is easy enuf after awhile. The upgraded relays wouldn’t address the complications of all the switches, wiring, motors, pumps, gear boxes or hydraulic solenoids either. It would be expensiv...

That’s the fresh air intake vent. Rain drains out the vent tubes you mentioned between the firewall and rear splash shield. No water should be on your feet even if the drain hoses are missing. Replace the hoses If they are missing ASAP. They keep hot air from the engine compartment out of the fresh ...

So are you on the top up sequence or top down sequence? Top going up => the next in the sequence is flipper down Top going down => the next sequence is the motor kicks on and the top folds into the trunk. The on-off-on tells me you either have a bad connection somewhere or a bad relay. Try to hear i...

Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. Hopefully an easy question. I need the connector for the wire to the oil pressure sender unit. The sender has a T-shaped lug. Mine is missing from the old wiring harness. Are replacements available anywhere? I've searched the internet and this forum for qui...

You guys may have heard but SMS auto fabrics is having their first ever sale at 19% off. It’s got me thinking I might pull the trigger on the new interior for my 63 project car. Wish I could save the original stuff but it’s just a little to far gone. The original leather is like what you’d see on a ...

The proper MOOG spring compressor can be rented from Tom Chitwood in Florida, his number is 386-290-9982. It’s definitely a one time job cause once you do it once, you’ll never do it again. Definitely adds value to a car that’s had it done. Btw, the upper control arm can only be installed after the ...

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Let us know how it works out!

Should of mentioned we started with 6 degrees of timing and ended up at 12-deg which made the most power.

Thought this might be interesting to the forum. I paused before I just stuck this motor back in the car after re-build and restoration. I had it dyno tested yesterday to break in the cam and check for leaks or problems. The motor is as stock as I could get it to be. Its a C3AE-6015H block. It has nu...

My guess is the top down relay is sticky. They just don’t get operated enough. I’ve used a 12V source and “exercised” a sticky relay before and it seemed to get it functioning. You can run a jumper from the power bus to the activation post and see if it clicks every time. If the main breaker is goin...

Awesome job of documenting your work!

Many, many kudos for a job well done.

It’s not a new problem either, Model T’s will overheat as well.

The steering gear is lubricated by the steering fluid Maybe you could post a photo as I haven’t seen a power fluid reservoir personally that doesn’t have a way to take the top off. So your question #2 below asks about the plug on the steering gear There is no drain per se. you access the fluid by re...