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1963 Ford Thunderbird Shop Manual 

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Содержание 1963 Thunderbird

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Страница 2: ...ct was created from the original Ford Motor Company s publication Every effort has been made to use the original scanned images however due to the condition of the material some pages have been modified to remove imperfections Disclaimer Although every effort was made to ensure the accuracy of this book no representations or warranties of any kind are made concerning the accuracy completeness or s...

Страница 3: ...rinted with Ford Motor Company s Permission GROUP INDEX THUNDERBIRD IDENTIFICATION ENGINE AND EXHAUST SYSTEM IGNITION SYSTEM FUEL SYSTEM COOLING SYSTEM CRUISE O MATIC TRANSMISSION REAR AXLE AND DRIVE LINE STEERING BRAKES AND SUSPENSION GENERATING AND STARTING SYSTEMS LIGHTS INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESSORIES BODY MAINTENANCE LUBRICATION AND SPECIAL TOOLS SPECIFICATIONS ...

Страница 4: ...rmation and specifications are included The descriptions and specifications contained in this supple ment were in effect at the time the manual was approved for printing The Ford Division of Ford Motor Company reserves the right to discontinue models at any time or change specifi cations or design without notice and without incurring obliga tion SERVICE DEPARTMENT FORD DIVISION FORD MOTOR COMPANY ...

Страница 5: ...atic BODY 63A Tudor Hardtop 7SA Tudor Convertible COLOR If a special paint is used the paint color space will not be stamped M30J M32J Code Number A 1724 D 1070 E 1269 G 1446 Color Sales Name Black Raven Black Med Turquoise Metallic Patrician Green Med Blue Metallic Acapulco Blue Silver Blue Metallic Silver Mink H 1544 Dark Blue Metallic Caspian Blue 1515 1452 1458 1238 921 Red Rangoon Red Lt Turq...

Страница 6: ...e unit is regular production only the District code number will appear DISTRICT CODE Code District 11 Boston 12 Buffalo 13 New York 14 Pittsburgh 15 Newark 21 Atlanta 22 Charlotte 23 Philadelphia 24 Jacksonville 25 Richmond 26 Washington 31 Cincinnati 32 Cleveland 33 Detroit 34 Indianapolis 35 Lansing 36 Louisville 41 Chicago 42 Fargo 43 Rockford 44 Twin Cities Code District 45 Davenport 51 Denver...

Страница 7: ...edure under Oil Pan and Oil Pump Re moval page 1 32 1962 Shop Manual 9 Remove the camshaft thrust plate and spacer Carefully remove the camshaft by pulling it toward the front of the engine Use caution to avoid damaging the camshaft bear BEARINGS CAMSHAFT REAR BEARING BORE PLUG TIMING CHAIN AND CAMSHAFT SPROCKET FLAT WASHER A1275 B FIG 3 Camshaft and Related Parts ings Installation 1 Oil the camsh...

Страница 8: ... gaskets FIG 3A Dual Exhaust System The single exhaust system Fig 3B consists of a one piece muffler inlet pipe with Y type inlet pipes that are joined and welded together a muffler with an integral outlet pipe a muffler inlet extension pipe re taining clamps brackets bolts and nuts two exhaust manifolds to inlet pipe gaskets a sealing gasket located at the flange of the inlet pipe and the inlet e...

Страница 9: ...embly 2 Loosen the muffler inlet extension pipe front clamp and remove the inlet extension pipe hanger bracket clamp Remove the inlet extension pipe 3 Position the inlet extension pipe front clamp on the end of the inlet pipe Connect the inlet extension pipe to the inlet pipe Install the inlet extension pipe front clamp and the hanger bracket clamp 4 Install the muffler and outlet pipe assembly 5 ...

Страница 10: ...y of the carburetor to over choke the engine and cause loading 3 An external vent opening has been added to the secondary fuel bowl cover to provide an escape for the highly volatile fuel vapors there by reducing the possibility of flooding the intake system during a hot soak period 4 Standpipe pitot tubes were added to the secondary fuel bowl internal vent openings to raise the level of the inter...

Страница 11: ...nt temperature oper ation below 40F place the pump operating rod in the No 3 hole posi tion of the over travel lever third hole from the throttle shaft For extremely low ambient tem perature operation 15F and be low the pump operating rod may be placed in the No 4 hole position to suit individual operating condi tions For high ambient temperature operation above 80F and or above 5000 feet altitude...

Страница 12: ...he engine for 30 minutes at 1200 rpm to normalize engine temperatures Install an en gine speed tachometer Start the engine Move the transmission selec tor lever to the DRIVE Dl posi tion and set the parking brake Ad just the engine idle rpm to 575 600 rpm by turning the idle speed adjust ing screw on the primary carburetor only 3 Set the fast idle speed cold with the engine at normal operating tem...

Страница 13: ...k Position the car on a level floor Be sure the fuel pump pressure is within specifica tions Operate the engine for 30 minutes at 1200 rpm until normal operating temperature has been reached Place a suitable container below the fuel level sight plug to collect any spill over of fuel With the engine stopped remove the fuel level sight plug and gasket and check the fuel level Fig 10 The fuel level w...

Страница 14: ...e vertical passage increased di ameter internal fuel passages and pressure leak down bleeds in the pump valves In addition the pump will incorporate the long life dispos able fuel filter element Fig 12 ROCKER ARM PIN FUEL PUMP BODY ROCKER ARM SPRING VALVE HOUSING W I ROCKER ARM PIN PLUG DIAPHRAGM AND SPRING ASSEMBLY PULSATOR DIAPHRAGM ai VALVE HOUSING V rW COVER P O FILTER HOUSING GASKET FILTER FI...

Страница 15: ...d in the same manner as the old type except for the tool The existing tool T59L 77837 A can be reworked as shown in Fig 14 to install the nar rower seal or a new tool T63L 77837 A is available NYLON TYPE SPEEDOMETER DRIVE GEAR Part 5 5 A nylon speedometer drive gear replaces the steel drive gear pre viously used If gear replacement is necessary the old type steel gear may be used The nylon drive g...

Страница 16: ...ne rear cover plate mounted between the trans mission and engine a new converter housing and converter assembly is used The new converter housing will have the starter pilot eliminated Piloting of the starter will be accom plished by the engine rear cover plate The new converter assembly will have longer flywheel mounting stud pads and a longer crankshaft pilot in order to provide adequate pilot i...

Страница 17: ...tch rollers to roll toward the large opening end of the cams in the race compressing the springs slightly so that the rollers will ride up the chamfer on the planetary support and onto the inner race 7 Push the planet carrier all the way forward 8 Check the operation of the planetary clutch by rotating the car rier counterclockwise It should ro tate with a slight drag while rotating it countercloc...

Страница 18: ...s and drive gear from the case as outlined in steps 1 through 4 un der Disassembly of Conventional Differential Carrier page 6 8 of the 1962 manual 2 Drive out the three differential pinion shaft retainers with a drift and separate the 2 piece differential case 3 With a brass drift drive out the long pinion shaft Drive from the end opposite the retainer hole Fig 23 4 Remove the two short pinion sh...

Страница 19: ...Ram E1024 A FIG 2 4 Differential Bearing Installation GROUP 7 STEERING The 1963 maintenance recom mendations are in Group 12 and the 1963 specifications are in Group 13 of this manual All the service procedures outlined in Group 7 of the 1962 Shop Manual apply to the 1963 Thunderbird with the following exceptions REPAIR Part 7 2 STEERING GEAR REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION 1 Disconnect the pressure line...

Страница 20: ...1962 FORD SHOP MAN K ...

Страница 21: ...eproduced under License 5008 from Ford Motor Company January 2006 INDEX THUNDERBIRD IDENTIFICATION ENGINE AND EXHAUST SYSTEM GROUP CRUISE O MATIC TRANSMISSION REAR AXIE AND DRIVE LINE ENERATING AND STARTING SYSTEMS IGHTS INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESSORIES BODY ENANCE LUBRICATION AHB SPECIAL TOOLS FICATIONS AT THE END OF EACH GROUP ...

Страница 22: ...tions contained in this manual were in effect at the time the manual was approved for printing The Ford Division of Ford Motor Company reserves the right to discontinue models at any time or change specifications or design without notice and without incurring obligation SERVICE DEPARTMENT FORD DIVISION FORD MOTOR COMPANY ...

Страница 23: ...lic Caspian Blue J 1515 Red Rangoon Red K 1452 Lt Turquoise Chalfonte Blue L 1458 Pink Sahara Rose M 1238 White Corinthian White N 921 Diamond Blue Diamond Blue R 1456 Yellow Tucsoi Yellow T 1543 Lt Beige Sandshell Beige U 1450 Dark Turquoise Metallic Deep Sea Blue V 1470 Chestnut Metallic Chestnut X 1444 Maroon Metallic Heritage Burgundy Z 1427 Beige Metallic Fieldstone Tan TRIM Deviation trim se...

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