Did not pass inspection this year

[Fredrik73]

Hi all TBN friends

My bird did not pass the inspection in the biginning of summer so i was only aloud to drive for one month and show that i had repaired it to be able to pass.
the problem was that it tok almost two months to get the parts from San José California.
but no i got it, so im in the garage drunkning beer and fix my bird

[Fredrik73]

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[Fredrik73]

It was the upper joint arm (dont know the English name)
"övre spindelled" in swedish
And I also ordered the clockspringcable for the stearingwheel

[Fredrik73]

I found the perfect beerholder

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[EllisonCal]

Fredric, we need to hook you up with Brad. You can help him can't you Bob?

[007Cruiser]

He can definitely help him with the beer.

[Fredrik73]

He can definitely help him with the beer.

Hahahahihihi that is good Gene i need help with the beer

[Fredrik73]

It was a tricky operation the nut under the brake servo oil resavoar made me almost crazzzzzzyyyyyyyy

[Fredrik73]

Fredric, we need to hook you up with Brad. You can help him can't you Bob?

Yes Calvin i need help :) this Winter i need to restore the cylinderheads and the gearbox acts strange

[birdfan]

I Hope that allows you to pass inspection so you can at least drive and enjoy the car after all your work on it.

[EllisonCal]

When you say the gearbox acts strange, it reminds me of a similar problem I had. In order to check the level of the transmission fluid you need to remove a bolt on the side of the transmission where it is usually filled. And as you check the rear end differential, you need to see fluid come out before it is really full. If you put it on a lift you can access the transmission. The Ford dealers usually change the fluid using a displacement method, so if the fluid is a quart low, after the old fluid is replaced with new fluid, it is still a quart ,or more low! It happened to me and my transmission had learned to operate even though it was a quart (a liter) and a half below the correct amount. Once it had the proper amount of transmission fluid it worked perfectly!

[Fredrik73]

I Hope that allows you to pass inspection so you can at least drive and enjoy the car after all your work on it.

Yes now it will pass, it passet every year but this time there was some work :)

[Fredrik73]

When you say the gearbox acts strange, it reminds me of a similar problem I had. In order to check the level of the transmission fluid you need to remove a bolt on the side of the transmission where it is usually filled. And as you check the rear end differential, you need to see fluid come out before it is really full. If you put it on a lift you can access the transmission. The Ford dealers usually change the fluid using a displacement method, so if the fluid is a quart low, after the old fluid is replaced with new fluid, it is still a quart ,or more low! It happened to me and my transmission had learned to operate even though it was a quart (a liter) and a half below the correct amount. Once it had the proper amount of transmission fluid it worked perfectly!

That is good information thank you. I did not know thesr gearboxes learned how i drive, my s- max was like that
i will look inlookthat först.
my problem is ater 20minutes driving it does not know what gear it shal have so shifting between the two highest all the time
and the reversegear dont work some Times.
Sadly it hapend the first time anna was going with me in the car, she had to help me push the car backwords so we could get out, since that she dont trust my car

[BillyL]

Sorry to hear you are having so much trouble with your bird. Before you order parts again, post on here what you need. First of all, we all agree Brad aka "Thunderbird Bob" is our best source for parts and technical information. You should reach out to him first. But many of us on the forum will try to help you any way we can. Good luck getting the bird back on the road!

[Fredrik73]

Sorry to hear you are having so much trouble with your bird. Before you order parts again, post on here what you need. First of all, we all agree Brad aka "Thunderbird Bob" is our best source for parts and technical information. You should reach out to him first. But many of us on the forum will try to help you any way we can. Good luck getting the bird back on the road!

hi Billy im verry happy with my car i knew what i had infront of me when I bought it, it was verry cheap
and did not work, i got it running same year and it is a rolling ptoject so im not complaining at the car just telling what im doing with it:)