Vintage Thunderbird Club International

Splash440

Looking good! Thanks for updating.

Paul:

P.M. sent

Paul:

I have sent PM's & email about parts, do you not see them?

HAZ567

55blacktie wrote: ↑Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:22 pm Personally, I would rather see it installed in a car that was originally equipped with a Y-block engine, preferably a 312.

That's me Blacktie, 57 T Bird, 312.

Hi Gene: I may be interested, from your text I take it that you are in California and I am in Kentucky so that part would be fairly hard. Please email pictures preferably but a PM would work also. My email is: hank.spaulding@haspaldingengineers.com (the spellings in the last names above is correct) ...

MarkR

Maybe 4 or 5 years ago; have they changed now? Would make it look more original if they have!

Interestingly, all replacement 55/56 temperature gauges/sending units that I have used will read cold to start and then move towards "H" as it warms up.

Rusty:

Good thought, I will try that on the next one.

Jeff: I have been unable to find a "ball stud remover" that is strong enough to do the job and fit between the pitman arm and control valve body. If you find one please let me know and I will buy one. The below procedure works. Use some large-ish rubber bands to hold the jack stands togeth...

Does anyone have a listing that would show the currently available equivalent of the various seam sealers & sealers noted in the Trim & Sealer Manuals?

I have searched the internet and have not found any references to the Ford "M-XXXX" numbers.

Max: MarkR did a good job describing the POR, frame off vs not and shields, I will touch on the undercoating. If you don't have a lift (at least) or the body off (best), getting to all the undercoating w/ the suspension (and I assume the air ducts) in the way is going to be very hard. The only way I...

Should have added "more vacuum equals wider control valve opening equals more hot water flow into the heater core".

Rusty:

You answered your own question. Vacuum from the "spider" valve opens the vacuum operated control valve on the manifold which lets hot water into the heater core.

Oiseau: The parts I purchased did not come from one of the typical T-Bird vendors (wish they had) and I would suspect that your parts coming from CASCO means they should be fine. I tried to save a few bucks and ordered from an unfamiliar source. The parts I received I would expect any reasonable mec...

Ditto for what Paul & Blacktie said. There is a way to remove the front springs reasonably safely but there is a lot of force and you need to be careful if the car is unloaded (engine/trans out, frame-off resto for example). You probably will need some type of spring compressor to get the spring...