what does an older guy do for fun in a Friday night?

[mischiefdart]

Replace the 3.9L motor in a retro thunderbird.

 

[bighammer]

I really like those retro Birds

 

[cannucky]

really I still prefer sex on my Friday nights and not the sort of sex you get driving a Ford eh ! thats still exit only on me .

 

[mischiefdart]

I have discovered why it is unusually put together.

 

[dodgedifferent2]

i think it looks hard since everything is sideways. Don't you have gravity in Newark? or is it because Newark is on the side of the planet?

 

[mischiefdart]

I think someone must have knocked the server over cause my files are still upright. Finally managed to get the radiator/condenser/cooler assembly out. What an overcomplicated p.o.s. It has 6 hydraulic lines, 4 heater hoses plus the upper and lower hoses. Not to mention all the wiring and A/C stuff.

 

[cuda65vpt]

What grade of model glue does it take to hold that motor in?

I'm thinking your Saturday and Sunday are shot too.

 

[diymirage]

I must hand it to the good people at furd
I am impressed they send that new engine in a Tupperware box

that way it wont leak oil all over the fed-ex truck

 

[67Dart273]

Note to self:

Never ever buy or otherwise end up with a retro T Bird

 

[diymirage]

Note to self:

Never ever buy or otherwise end up with a retro T Bird

from the looks of it he's just trying to flip it

pa-dum-pum :cheers:

 

[95teetee]

I must hand it to the good people at furd
I am impressed they send that new engine in a Tupperware box

that way it wont leak oil all over the fed-ex truck

something the boys at Hardly Everstart... errr Davidson should have tried lol.

 

[mischiefdart]

I am doing this job for one thing, money. I would never buy a new t bird as an investment or to flip. I do a lot of the weird stuff that comes in to my friend's shop at night and on the weekends.

 

[mischiefdart]

Well now it is Saturday night and after 11 hours of fussing and cussing it is finally hanging on the cherrypicker. Book calls for 20 hours to do the job. These cars truly suck. Told the shop owner he's going pay for this one.

 

[mischiefdart]

Preloaded to the left. Lets see if this helps. Nope, I don't get it?

 

[mischiefdart]

New mill mated to trans and on the mounts. Calling it a night.

 

[LocuMob]

That's a great example of why I hate working on new cars. Computers and efi aren't my thing.

 

[RustyRatRod]

A great example of why I don't look at pictures that people with no sense post.

 

[mischiefdart]

A great example of why I don't look at pictures that people with no sense post.

Care to explain why I have no sense? I just posted pictures of a job that i am doing for other members to see. I can't help it that this site is rotating the pictures and I tried rotating my files to see if they would load correctly without success. If you have the answer as to why the files are being rotated please share.