I know the first 88 with the V8 came out in 1949 and NASCAR ran its first races in 1949. I had a Thunderbird in high school and it was a 1959 with the 430 V8 engine and a 3-speed with overdrive transmission. Ford raced the 1959 T-Birds with a better Holman-Moody suspension) and then moved over to the USAC stock cars when the 1958 T-Birds were too old for the NASCAR events. The 1958 Thunderbirds had four coil springs, which was a poor setup for the NASCAR race cars. Thunderbird raced the 430 V8 engine in 1959, and it was available in both a street version and the (Holman-Moody) NASCAR racing version strictly for racing. You can find shops and car dealers that offer BG services and chemicals at Hello Greg, in your column in Auto Round-Up Magazine about the T-Bird and the big engines, you mention the 430-inch V8.
Dip in the DOT 3 or 4 fluid and if the color changes it is time to do a fluid exchange. They might also sell you a container of the fluid test strips they might get from BG. Or buy the hose P/N you see on the drawing. Ask to see their hose so you can measure it. Just find a service shop that offers the BG service using either machine and ask them to order the individual adaptor for you to fit your vehicle, or the whole Completer Kit if necessary. Probably the new kit is the same as the old one.
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It is not likely to pop off like when putting a hose directly on a small nipple.īelow is a picture of the BG adaptors plus the Completer Kit that includes them and the hose. And the silicone hose they use is semi-clear so you can see bubbles or a color change if it is old and greenish brown. Good if the nipples are rounded or very tight. It provided a larger, more wrench-friendly hex. On my personal vehicles I had a short piece of that hose going into a mayonnaise jar so I could get a good look at the old fluid. It fits tight enough so it will not fall out when bleeding. The other end is a round hole into which you put a silicone hose that came with the machine. In the included PF7 adaptor kit PF9000C (new version is E100-2475) were seven bleeder adaptors to fit fractional and metric bleeder nipples. They have a newer one now, I don't know the P/N. Many years ago when I was a BG rep, the machine was the PF7.
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The automotive chemical company BG Products sells professional brake fluid exchange machines. Regarding putting wrenches on bleeder nipples, here is a tip. Any advice or suggestions would be most welcome. I was thinking we're all so use to disc brakes these days that maybe I've forgotten that's the way it is with drum brakes. And the brakes stop the car but not suddenly or abruptly. The second question is is it not uncommon for the brake pedal to travel four to six inches or so before engaging? It doesn't go to the floor, I have maybe two inches or so before I'd hit the floorboard. I think the only thing left is the power brake booster, but that's under the dash and I don't want to take on that major job unless I know for sure that is the only thing left that it can be. Without taking the wheels off there is no evidence of leaking wheel cylinders and no leaks coming from the master cylinder. After doing all this I saw no improvement. An odd place to put the bleeder valve so close to suspension parts.Īnyway, the pedal was spongy and went almost to the floor when I started. I tried flared nut wrenches as well as standard open-end wrenches with no luck. I did not bleed the front wheels because I could not get a wrench on the bleeder valve. Hardly any from the second wheel which tells me I got most of the air out of the lines. This weekend I replaced the master cylinder, adjusted brakes and bled the brakes.
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