T-Bird Stuff
This summer the SuperCharger started to get noisy and would whistle when I shut the car off. I did some research and found out the average life span for the SuperCharger is 105,000 miles. At that time I had almost 106,000 miles.
Ford dealers want about $2,500. A rebuilt SuperCharger is about $1,100. I found a New “93” SuperCharger for $625 and installed it myself.
It took me about 8 hours, a full Saturday, to get everything out of the car. One big hang up was the COWL around the windshield wipers. While I had everything out of the car, I poured Paint thinner in the Intercooler and let it soak overnight. This cleaned out a lot of oil and gook that accumulates over time.
I did not have a Spanner wrench to get the Spanner nut off the SuperCharger top. Evidently knucklehead Gary did not tighten this down properly either. When I went to take it off, it came off with just my bare hands. When I put it back on, I just used a very large flat screwdriver and a hammer to TAP on tightly. This saved myself from buying a $30 tool that will be used infrequently.
Putting everything back together took only about 4 hours. When I started it up, it would not idle at all. I drove it around a few miles and it seemed to get better. I drove it to work the next day, but it did not get any better.
I tightened up the nuts on the SuperCharger upper and lower tubes. The car still would not idle. At this point I was worried that there was a vacuum leak where the SuperCharger attaches to the engine, and I would have to do this all over again.
Luckily, I double checked all the vacuum hoses again. I found one all the way in the back by the firewall that was barely reachable, it had come off when I was installing everything. I put the hose back on, and the car has run perfectly since.
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Update - 12/10/98
1992 Ford Thunderbird SC
5 spd
Keyless Entry
Climate Control
Cruise Control
Tilt Wheel
Auto Headlamps
Dual Power Seats
Power Mirrors
Power Windows
Power Antenna
AM/FM/CD Pullout Stereo
Rear Defroster
Moonroor
Rear Window Louvers
Custom Painted Pin Stripes
Silver exterior
Black Tweed/Half Leather interior
Tinted and Etched Windows
VERY Clean inside and out
Leather wrapped steering wheel
Cross-drilled rotors and Carbon Fiber pads (front only)
New tires 11/98
New Radiator 1/98
New Clutch 1/98
New Sparkplug wires 8/97
New Water pump 1/98
New SuperCharger less than 3k miles, fall 98
New Engine less than 15k miles since 4/98
New Heater core 4/98
New Belts and hoses 8/97
Front End alignment fall 98
Transmission fluid change fall 98
Total miles on car 110,600 Still looks great, almost everything has been replaced. Engine was replaced after the radiator blew and engine overheated. SuperCharger was replaced at 106,000 miles.
Bought a 4 door Boneville SE to haul the "3" monkeys around in.
SOLD 6/6/99
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