Hey, I’m new to this and I’m new to working on cars. I know about them and everything but this is the first time I got my hands really going at a car. Just wondering what I should do first? Thank you!

So I just bought a 1995 Ford Thunderbird with the 4.6. The owner says that the previous owner replaced the engine at 110k. How do I tell if its another 94-95 engine or if Its a newer one. Its my understanding that the 94-95 engines were a bit different.

So I’ve got a broken connection on my vacuum tee that leads to the brake booster. I’ve already replaced the rubber grommet for the booster but I can’t seem to find this part anywhere or any ideas on how I can just jimmy rig it. Any ideas?

I just joined the forum. I probably first viewed the TCCOA site over 15 years ago via links from the Lincoln Of Distinctions Forum. This site always had great tech articles and offers more to any MN12 owner via the inclusion of all variants than the Mark VIII sites. I figured it was time to...