My t-bird has been sitting for a good many years an for some unknown reson there is no power going to the window switches, I've check fuses battery, and cleaned the swicthes, any ideas? Another problem is the swing away steering doesen't seem to be working, the cars in park and that sould be it right?

There is a relay for the windows that mounts to the cowl panel just to the rt side of center. Do you have power there? Pull up a tad on the shift lever and see if the wheel will slide. The column bushings are probably shot

Richard,

The slide mechanism is really pretty simple. Contort yourself underneath and check to see if a lever pushes up on the locking mechanism when you put the car in park. This is adjustable and may need adjusting.

The slide mechanism is trough that is a dirt and crud accumulator. You may have a bunch of crud built up in the slide. I removed mine and cleaned everything and now works fine.

Good luck, Vince

Richard,
On my 64 I have to have the car in park AND I have to pull the shift select lever towards me as I push the steering wheel to the right. If the mechanism is dirty then definately clean it up and shoot some WD-40 (or equivilent) on the moving parts...it should work then.

If you change the upper and lower column bushings you can eliminate the lifting up on the lever to start the car problem. It also helps with really getting the car in park since these are notorious for falling out of park

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I have found a mirror on a rod (The type you can get at K-Mart etc) is a real help to see what your column sliding mechanism is doing.
Also if you're brave you may want to look at the detent and shifter to check there in good order - the last thing you want is for the shifter to drop from Park into Reverse.

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