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Reply #15
dude we are the same! i only have 2 caps...... heh
and i still cant get a bead on one of them and one is leaking.....

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Reply #16
Dish soap has always worked for me. Also a shot of gas around the bead (with the valve stem out) and a match works but is not recomended! also seen it done with starting fluid...
1980 birds X 3, 1982 bird, 1984 XR7, 1988 TC

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Reply #17
By chance are those 14" Rims?  I think those are the same ones i have on my 87 TC.  Only 14" rims I've ever seen that will fit on a TC.  They might be different ones, but I know for sure that the ones on my car are 14".
88 TC, Lots of Mods.


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Reply #18
they are 15's , i think.......

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Reply #19
i got it to bead finally and i noticed there is a big gaping hole in the tire :hick:

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Reply #20
mine are 14's, but they are generic with 8 bolt holes so yeah.
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I honestly dont think you could exceed the cost of a new car buy installing new *stock* parts everywhere in your coug our tbird. Its just plain impossible. You could revamp the entire drivetrain/engine/suspenstion and still come out ahead.
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1988 Crown Vic wagon. 120K California car. Wifes grocery getter. (junked)
1987 Ford Thunderbird LX. 5.0. s.o., sn-95 t-5 and an f-150 clutch. Driven daily and going strong.
1986 cougar.
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