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Speaking of fire. Engine compartment fires are no accident or bad luck. Water/coolant ALWAYS has to flow thru the water jacket under the carburator. Without water flow, the fuel in the carb bowles will boil producing gas vapors that ignite even at normal engine operating temperatures...

Thanks for the feedback. The carb floats have a fine tension spring mounted on the float shaft designed to keep the floats from bouncing around over rough terrain . When the tension spring is missing, the needle moves off it's seat and fuel immediately spurts into carb flooding the engine.

Yes. Replace rear deck solenoid wth a know good one. Also. bottom edge of deck may be rubbing causing excessive load on the pump.

check rubber motor and transmission mounts and rub marks inside and outside of all tires.

A stock 390 with stock 4 bbl motorcraft no A/C gives maximum 11 MPG city and 19 MPG interstate. BUT, everything has to be right ( Timing, clean carb, carbon free valves and rings, right compression, oil pressure etc.) That milage was using unleaded regular gas. Don't know milage with todays...

Look for rub marks on the inside and outside of all tires. Possibilities: Wrong size tires --> rear axle is about to come out !

Yes. This is a common problem on 61-66 Thunderbirds. Falling out of park is VERY dangerous for you and particularily mechanics and other pesons who may drive your car and unaware of the problem. As far as I know, two peope have been killed . One person was carried into backyard pool and drowned...

EXCELLENT Boaterbob. Can't have too many cooks stirring the stew-

If the two starters look the same I would conclude you have the right starter and something is cocked / broken inside the bell housing requiring dropping transmission to get eye balls in there. I suspect flywheel bolts are loose Art

I still have the complete 64 base. There is 4 or 5 solenoids there. How do I tell which solenoid is bad? I also forgot to mention that the switch will give you a pretty good shock sometimes. You have 2 problems: You have a component shorting out somewhere in the electrica system . Could be...

Other possibilities Weak motor caused by A) water in motor ( common problem). Rust forms and impedes armature rotation. B) Dirty armature preventing good brush to armature contact C) Notor overheated burning insulation on windings. Felt lining in window channel deterioriated and all balled up...

Congratulations on you mastery of this complicated system. You are VERY lucky boaterbob and harley are here. Here is a current eBay auction for your Gear box, switch and motor which ends 22 Aug. No guarantee parts are any better than what you have...

Off to transmission shop to drop transmission w/ bell housing to get in there to see problem , inspect for flywheel damage, and clean out any broken parts. 1st you could try: Remove starter end plate to pull off starter case to get more wiggle room on armature and drive gear. Hope like hell...

Just offering sympathy. Don't have clue on this. Have seen a lot of "previous owners screw-ups" but this takes the cake.

Thanks Robin . You have a good rim for Sale? I know a woman who has a terrible bent rim and wants to replace it. Regards Art Port Orange/Daytona Beach

8.15 x 15 is tire size. looking for wheel (rim) size. Thanks

Anyone know wheel size for a 64 Bird? x.xx by 15". Thanks

Time to get an Appraaser in your area for current value and condition of all the systems on the car ( Brakes, suspension , engine etc. etc. ) . Look particularily at the frame under the Driver's Door and Passenger's Door for rust thru.

Pictures stored on your individual computer are blocked by your Internet Service Provider because pictures use too much bandwidth which costs them money. You have to upload and store your pictures to a WebSite that allows access to your stored pictures. A couple of them are free but, most charge...

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