And when your brain says, this should be tight enough, and the torque wrench hasn't clicked yet. So make sure when you replace that thermostat, you use some RTV sealant and tighten it slowly when the car is cold. so i have to come up with a way to drill down into that to try to get it out. I also recently busted my thermostat housing bolt. **someone overtightened the oil pressure sender, that is how they cracked the oil filter assembly**/ So I will probably try to find one in a junkyard somewhere and box it up as a spare. I did read somewhere that someone actually managed to brake their filter adapter thing. I am putting together some notes on how to approach that change. Any help is appreciated.įor the tranny leak I replaced the tranny oil pan gasket and put in a new filter but she still leaks.īe careful with the thermostat housing bolts and also when tightening in a new oil pressure sender /**del the filter pan adapter**/.

I have put probably at least $2K into my Thunderbird which I bought for $1500. I noticed I have oil up on the left side next to the header where the fuel injectors are. Just yesterday I noticed a coolant leak which I have traced back to the water pump. I have had an oil leak and a transmission leak for sometime. Over the years I have replaced just about every part on the engine except the block itself. Now fast forward to 2015, I guestimate that she has about 120K miles on her. The odometer stopped working about three months after I bought the car. I was told the car came from the big island of Hawaii (she did have Hawaii plates). When I bought her the odometer read 45K miles. I, on the other hand, want to work on my own car. I know more about cars then my husband who wants to send our vehicles to the mechanic anytime something goes wrong.

1994 ford thunderbird lx 4.6 l v8