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Body/Appearance/Interior / T-bird/Cougar Sheet metal interchange question.
My friend has an 84 T-bird, his uncle found an 88 cougar being parted out. Will sheet metal interchange from the doors forward? I searched and found nothing. He needs both doors and fenders, anything else swap? (I know trunk lids are different).
Thanks.
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General Fox T-Bird/Cougar Discussion / New member, friend's 84 Thunderbird
The car is stock, supposedly a 40k mile original, kinda believable but something about it just doesn't seem kosher. It supposedly sat since 91 (has a 91 inspection on it) and he bought it from the 2nd owner who never even registered it as his.
Definitely need to hook up a oil pressure gauge, and I was telling him to pull the covers and see whats going on in there. I was kinda thinking this will just be a run it til it dies deal. The cfi will be disappearing soon probably. Gonna just do a carb swap since its so simple, and I'm not a fi kinda guy. Later on down the road the cars gonna be getting another motor (302 or 351) to be decided upon based on money and availability I suppose.
Thanks everyone, this is gonna be a slow moving project, but I'll let you know what we find when we get there.
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General Fox T-Bird/Cougar Discussion / New member, friend's 84 Thunderbird
Well thats what I was asking about, the ignition switch is in the column, right? Where is this actuator rod and where does it go and where is the actual starter switch?
The cfi on this car is probably gonna go. It had a rough running situation that disappeared and today it was back. I was playing with the injectors while it was running and it magically smoothed out. However I don't think this is the cfi making this noise. Its pretty loud... though it is partially an exhaust leak. Hopefully after we fix that it'll be easier to track the rest of the noise. Lifter did come to mind, but its not a single continuous tapping, is a continuous tap that sounds like its on several cylinders if not all. Like a constant light striking, to soft and frequent to be a lifter.
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General Fox T-Bird/Cougar Discussion / New member, friend's 84 Thunderbird
Hi all, my friend has an 84 Thunderbird Elan and he's young and new to playing with cars. My other friends and I have been helping him, and now at least it runs again with a new fuel pump in it, however another problem has developed, now the car will not start without jumping the terminals on the solenoid. We replaced the solenoid and added an extra ground to one of the mount bolts. My ford friend told me he had the same problem on his f250, there is an actuator rod in the column the broke in his case. Does this sound like possibly issue on this car? I'm kinda at a loss here myself.
Also, it has a 302, and it sounds like a kinda like a typewriter. I was wondering if 84 302's have adjustable valvetrain or not and if not, what else could be causing it?

Thanks guys,
Martin