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Back in the day I found many of these cars with fender or tab mounted relays would get plucked off of the tabs and would be left to flop around with broken harness tabs also. I have seen these relays...

I have never replaced a old style box with the incorrect module to find out if any damage would happen, When I worked on these cars years ago we had good current at the time manuals that guided us as...

sounds like a vacuum leak either at the Vacuum booster for the brakes or the parking brake vac release if your car is equipped with vac release parking brakes but my first guess is what i would check...

Did you replace the cable and housing or just the inner cable? if you replaced the entire assembly did you route it exactly as the original cable was run?

Years ago when I replaced a cable or...

That car is beautiful and I would buy it in a heart beat, but I would want it to live in a garage when not driven. I think the half tops are more susceptible to leaks than the full top.

If your...

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I am not sure what year your car is but the part listed...

I am sorry I did not elaborate, Boil water turn off heat add shift knob let sit for 2-3 minutes drain off water using oven mitts or similar protection to just push the knob on while the plastic is...

One reason to reconsider is the pan is steel and you will find the pan may be deformed where the bolts hold it in place, Normally while the pan is out one would level the pan out with a ball peen...

I bought a old cougar years ago that I thought needed a new pump ( from lack of oil pressure ) I just needed to clean the pick up and pan as it had a lot of sludge in the block and pan. ( I ended up...

boiling water shouldn't damage the chrome or plastic.

I forgot to mention one or more of the spark plug wells may be full of water or oil and could cause intermittent issues but would normally be caught by a code. may be worth pulling them out one by...

You have a older car which any part at any time could leave you or your Wife stranded, even with a new car there is always the chance of getting stranded.
With this in mind it may be a better idea...

Could be anything wrong, start with checking the codes, if you do not have a reader maybe autozone or another shop will read them for you for free?

I agree also with the timing should be checked along with checking slop in the timing chain. If the chain has stretched significantly and the base timing has been adjusted to compensate it could lead...

Brings back some memories, my second car was a silver 78 t-bird I bought off of my dad. It had the reddish maroon interior.

The problem with polishing any aluminum wheel to a mirror shine by any means that could be cheaply done at home will cause you polish the sharp edges away unevenly possibly ruining the look of the...

I forgot to mention replace the Thermostat and Radiator cap also while you have the radiator out.
on older cars we would use Permatex heavy Duty cooling system flush,then flush the hell out of the...

Also back flush the fins of the AC condenser when you have the radiator out it may be stuffed full of dirt and debris.

Looks like the wagon is dark blue just a recent paint job where they didn't tape off much who knows what bondo is lurking under the paint.
You can tell it is dark blue because the sun is hitting...

Welcome the project sounds fun I hope to see lots of pictures.

I would put gas stabilizer in it keep it running and maintained good and under a cover jacked up on jack stands. It is your Grandpa's car you may regret selling it one day. But if you have to sell it...

I am sure if you look around you will a replacement whip for your ride, check rock auto and other sources.
Normally they do not have much sound to them once they are working right.

If you are 100 percent positive that it worked before messing around with the grounds or doing other work, I would start by rechecking all the work you have done. You may have replaced ground wires...

here is a listing on a ebay add to show you what we are talking about. The metal part of the antenna is the telescoping antenna the plastic whip has teeth cut into it along it on one side the entire...

Well you have some fusible links at the solenoid, one would think you would have more than the antenna not working if somehow one of the links is causing your problem.
Sorry I cannot help with a...