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And it still keeps rolling along.

My 86 cougar just cleared 200k and is registered for another year. I was hoping the aod would have eaten it by now so i could swap the t-5 this winter. Oh well.
Quote from: jcassity
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.
Hooligans! 
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.
lilsammywasapunkrocker@yahoo.com

And it still keeps rolling along.

Reply #1
You want it to happen so it will.  It'll just wait till March d February and a foot of snow is everywhere.
-- 05 Mustang GT-Whipplecharged !!
--87 5.0 Trick Flow Heads & Intake - Custom Cam - Many other goodies...3100Lbs...Low12's!

And it still keeps rolling along.

Reply #2
I actually have a garage i can use now, so it wouldn't kill me. It will give me time to source and swap a tailshaft housing so i can convert the oss sensor back to a vss and have an accurate speedo.
Quote from: jcassity
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.
Hooligans! 
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.
lilsammywasapunkrocker@yahoo.com

And it still keeps rolling along.

Reply #3
I lied. I did the English to metric conversion trick just for fun. My cougar actually has 302,000 miles right now.
Quote from: jcassity
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.
Hooligans! 
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.
lilsammywasapunkrocker@yahoo.com

And it still keeps rolling along.

Reply #4
Quote from: Haystack;441541
I lied. I did the English to metric conversion trick just for fun. My cougar actually has 302,000 miles right now.
Yeah, that's right, after 199K they loop back to 100K in English. but they don't in Metric?
Current: 1986 Thunderbird, 105k 3.8/C5, 2 tone  Midnight Wine/Medium Taupe, wing windows, wire wheel covers.


Former: 1985 Cougar GS 115k Oxford White/Regatta Blue, 5.0, full console, 14" 8 hole aluminum T-Bird rims, Edelbrock valve covers.

And it still keeps rolling along.

Reply #5
You take your odometer reading and multiply it by 1.6.

202000x1.6 = blank. If your second and third digits equal your metric odometer reading, then you have correctly identified your actual mileage.This is a trick i learned in thundercats website when i was googling stereo diagrams before i knew about coolcats or this forum.
Quote from: jcassity
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.
Hooligans! 
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.
lilsammywasapunkrocker@yahoo.com

And it still keeps rolling along.

Reply #6
Cool, just did it, and my 86 does have a legit 105K mi :)
Current: 1986 Thunderbird, 105k 3.8/C5, 2 tone  Midnight Wine/Medium Taupe, wing windows, wire wheel covers.


Former: 1985 Cougar GS 115k Oxford White/Regatta Blue, 5.0, full console, 14" 8 hole aluminum T-Bird rims, Edelbrock valve covers.