OilBurner2003
1st Gear Poster
Hello everyone! The cougar of mine, is in pretty rough shape. It’s been sitting under a cover ever since the move, and it’s been a eye opener with how much I’ve found so far.
Fuel issue: Sometimes it has fuel pressure, sometimes it doesn’t. At the moment, I have reason to believe it’s most likely the fuel pump. Banged on the tank and I’ll get pressure again, so I’m replacing that.
HeaterCore: Being as dry and hot as my old climate was, I never needed the heat. Due to my new climate weather, I def do. The heater core was bypassed long ago to stop the leak it had, now it’s 30 degrees every now and then with fog, probably take me 3 hours to fix with the dash out and back in.
Windshield wiper linkage, and motor: Both are missing, and I’m not sure how it even goes together. My plan is to find a Cougar or thunderbird at a junkyard, take pictures on how it’s together, and take the parts out and place them on my Cougar. If I cannot find the windshield wiper linkage, or come up with a aftermarket/Design my own, it’ll be for sale lol.
Engine misfires: This is mostly due to the fuel pump obviously, it needs a better set of wires, coils and plugs. The vacuum lines I did are cracked, due to the intense heat in AZ. Also they were makeshift temporary lines, just to make sure the engine would perform well under load and such.
The transmission: Thing is, I can’t tell the exact health yet, because I have to make sure the engine isn’t giving me any issues. As far as I can tell, it actually shifts really well. The sound that sounds like marbles is back, however, this could also be due to the other issues I listed in engine misfires. Before I can be concerned about something like that, the engine needs to be sound. So..
It’s a long road. I just forgot about the door handle too. It’s such a nice car, so I don’t wanna give up on it. I’ve recently worked with a mechanic for a few days, who honestly taught me a lot about the 4.6. Also gave me some cool new knowledge about my issues too.
There’s a couple questions I have. Does anyone know what models and year of thunderbird fit on the 96 cougar, I am aware they’re mostly the same thing, just wanna make sure. In order for me to fix everything else, the windshield wipers have to work. That’s my main goal.
To clarify, I’m looking for the linkage, hardware, if possible, and the motor. The motor is easy, it’s the linkage I can’t find yet. That’s all! Thanks guys!
Fuel issue: Sometimes it has fuel pressure, sometimes it doesn’t. At the moment, I have reason to believe it’s most likely the fuel pump. Banged on the tank and I’ll get pressure again, so I’m replacing that.
HeaterCore: Being as dry and hot as my old climate was, I never needed the heat. Due to my new climate weather, I def do. The heater core was bypassed long ago to stop the leak it had, now it’s 30 degrees every now and then with fog, probably take me 3 hours to fix with the dash out and back in.
Windshield wiper linkage, and motor: Both are missing, and I’m not sure how it even goes together. My plan is to find a Cougar or thunderbird at a junkyard, take pictures on how it’s together, and take the parts out and place them on my Cougar. If I cannot find the windshield wiper linkage, or come up with a aftermarket/Design my own, it’ll be for sale lol.
Engine misfires: This is mostly due to the fuel pump obviously, it needs a better set of wires, coils and plugs. The vacuum lines I did are cracked, due to the intense heat in AZ. Also they were makeshift temporary lines, just to make sure the engine would perform well under load and such.
The transmission: Thing is, I can’t tell the exact health yet, because I have to make sure the engine isn’t giving me any issues. As far as I can tell, it actually shifts really well. The sound that sounds like marbles is back, however, this could also be due to the other issues I listed in engine misfires. Before I can be concerned about something like that, the engine needs to be sound. So..
It’s a long road. I just forgot about the door handle too. It’s such a nice car, so I don’t wanna give up on it. I’ve recently worked with a mechanic for a few days, who honestly taught me a lot about the 4.6. Also gave me some cool new knowledge about my issues too.
There’s a couple questions I have. Does anyone know what models and year of thunderbird fit on the 96 cougar, I am aware they’re mostly the same thing, just wanna make sure. In order for me to fix everything else, the windshield wipers have to work. That’s my main goal.
To clarify, I’m looking for the linkage, hardware, if possible, and the motor. The motor is easy, it’s the linkage I can’t find yet. That’s all! Thanks guys!
Got 4 done, it’s a painful process. I have to blow out each spark plug hole before I take it out 4 times with compressed air, then it starts to look clean. It’ll be started within the hour. Picked up some platinum plugs
