Updates will be coming soon, but this past weekend the Thunderbird Drove around the neighborhood again under it's own power. We managed to find an error in the Factory Service Manual and Can't help to imagine the countless T-Birds running around there not firing on all cylinders. Probably only applies to those detailed orientated gear heads that read the manual and not just look at the pictures - and goes to show a little common sense and can go a long ways getting cars back on the road.
The clutch plates and torque converter where stuck and not letting us get the car into gear without stalling and I'll tell you about that little trick in an upcoming post. After a good trip around the town, we were checking to see if the secondary barrels where opening up and a coolant line cut loose and and burned my face and arm pretty good. Luckly I was wearing hat, glasses, and gloves so the injuries where minor, but needless to say the next steps on this project are replaces all the old hoses and vacuum lines.
Following that body work will be getting underway and that is where I hope to have some more insightful post and tutorials being posted here. Along with some other minor maintenance, like suspension/shocks and rebuilding the power steering pump.