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Ford ThunderBird Ford thought they'd take their own stab at the nostalgia business. There are quite a few last-century icons that wear the blue oval. For a revival subject, why not use a car famous enough to have been the subject of Beach Boys songs, starred in George Lucas movies, and has been gone long enough to be missed? Why not indeed. In 2002, the Thunderbird was reborn.

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Old 08-23-2008, 08:30 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I have a 90 3.8v6 Tbird its automatic non abs disc in the front and drums in the back and 140k on the car.Anyway they are a couple issues id like focus on and see if yall had any answers first off My head lights flicker on and off 24/7 ive been pulled over 4 it many a times and i would like to kno how to fix it...2nd question my brakes r screwy even tho ive replaced about ever damn thing i can afford to just trouble shoot it here and there but anyway only the driver side front brake locks up when applied hard,and they seem really weak ive bleed em thousands of times and it seems to not get any better its got half worn pads on the front and new shoes on the back and on the passenger side ive put a brand new brake line and wheel cylinder and ofcourse the shoes oh and my brake light is on to.

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Hey dont yall have any answers?If so feel free to post em...
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did you replace the calipers on the front?

Many fords have bad dimmer/turn signal switches, and that causes the headlight to flicker
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I check the front capliper as well and replace the 2 front brake flex hoses.

I also agree you will need a new dimmer switch or headlight switch.
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