What did you do with your Thunderbird Today?

Grog6 said:
They're the same chemistry; they just overheat in places if you charge or discharge them too fast.
They should measure the same.
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And that’s the good news. I killed my last redtop trying to start the engine with it very low, this one I’ve babied… nonetheless it is 6 years old and holy crap it doesn’t feel that long ago!
 
I was going to suggest 300 pounds of bracing. :)
Something useful would be longtubes for v-8 cars,lol.
 
Been talking to my wife about getting the T-Bird in the garage! I just need Christmas and all it's crap to be put back in their boxes and away in their respective storage spots in the garage AND for the old dining room table to be get sold or given away or something.

White Lincoln said:
I bought a mig welder today. Now what do I do?!
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Ericv8thunderbird said:
Subframe connectors would be nice! 😬
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This. Right. Here.
 
I still have a set I bought from jl 15 years ago for the red cougar.
 
XR7-4.6 said:
Connect a ground lead and make a stack of dimes! Geez it’s not that complicated! 😆
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Ah your too nice XR! Yeah, I plan to make my own damn hitch for my car since this one (my fault) I thought was made for my car. Maybe a bike rack for the hitch since the one I bought was just friken scary how unstable it was on the hitch reciever. And people drive cross country with these racks? YIKES!

As mentioned, I want to seal my exhaust when I get it installed instead of using clamps. I need to learn how to make a good weld before I start buying a lot of metal to make stuff with. Frack, if Simon the Ford Man can make a wench frame for the front of his F250, I can make a bike rack for my Town Car!!!

"Let it be written, so let it be done."
 
My bike weighs 80 lbs... It would be a real bitch to get it up on top of the trunk, let alone the roof and simply lifing it onto a trunk mounted rack is a chore.

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That's why I need a bike ramp. But seriusly, how hard could it be to make something like this when I learn to weld with a mig. I made two ramps for a car trailer some 30+ years ago when I took a welding class.

"Don't use it, you lose it"
 
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Ericv8thunderbird said:
I need to put the exhaust back on but it’s pretty much done, the top bolt of the shifter is just touching the center console, so I’m going to grab a button / Allen head type bolt tomorrow and see if that clears it.
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It also helps to put the linkbar on the other side of the shift lever.

Great work! I love that shift knob, bought one a few years ago but it didn’t match the vibe I was after for my interior
 
XR7-4.6 said:
It also helps to put the linkbar on the other side of the shift lever.

Great work! I love that shift knob, bought one a few years ago but it didn’t match the vibe I was after for my interior
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Are you only running one link bar? I’m running 2.

I got that shift knob cause it matches my FR500 steering wheel, I saw a few reviews that the numbers end up rubbing off, hopefully that doesn’t happen.
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Ericv8thunderbird said:
Are you only running one link bar? I’m running 2.

I got that shift knob cause it matches my FR500 steering wheel, I saw a few reviews that the numbers end up rubbing off, hopefully that doesn’t happen.
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Yeah, on my original setup I used two link bars but at one point I reconfigured the bearings as they’d get a little loose periodically, and in the process found trying just the one linkbar proved adequate enough, and stuck with that for the new bar for the console swap
 
XR7-4.6 said:
Yeah, on my original setup I used two link bars but at one point I reconfigured the bearings as they’d get a little loose periodically, and in the process found trying just the one linkbar proved adequate enough, and stuck with that for the new bar for the console swap
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Makes sense, seems like the one link bar would take a little bit of the stiffness out of neutral.
I’ll remove the passenger side bar tomorrow and see how that feels.
 
Big Scott said:
Had no idea you were talking about a motorcycle type bike.
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Yeah, that was crappy of me to not mention it. My apologies.

PS: Nice dog! We had one a lot like that. She was our last dog.
 

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Ericv8thunderbird said:
I need to put the exhaust back on but it’s pretty much done, the top bolt of the shifter is just touching the center console, so I’m going to grab a button / Allen head type bolt tomorrow and see if that clears it.
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So the fog light switch goes in the slot closest to the shifter... hmmm.... I will need to switch mine. Never saw anyone else that had that switch installed. Thanks for sharing.
 
White Lincoln said:
So the fog light switch goes in the slot closest to the shifter... hmmm.... I will need to switch mine. Never saw anyone else that had that switch installed. Thanks for sharing.
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I actually think it sits in the rear one, I believe the wiring harness was hitting something, so I moved it to the front.
 
Spent pretty much all day installing my SVO supercharger, only to find out Stiegemeier installed my snout upside down, I didn’t realize this until I tried to put on the alternator bracket.

I sent them a nice email!

Here’s a picture of my blower, and one off google images. The fill port should be on the drivers side, not the passenger side


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