use a chainsaw
You take out the transmissioon, take out the clutch, put a new one in, and put the transmission back in.
Around 3 to 4 hours
dot 3 break fluid
5 hours give or take a little.
It could be that your clutch is not longer working. You should take your car to a car mechanic, so that you can get it fixed.
adjust the clutch
take the cap off and roll another rodeo under it
the dash has to come away from the firewall but does not have to come all the way out 2 3 hour days if you take your time and take some pictures with digital camera as you take it out
Get your local mechanic to do it on off time. This is such an easy clutch job it'll take about 30 minutes so you can expect a perfect result at low cost.
It is a recall. You should take it to a ford dealer. They will take care of it. Here is a link, that shows recalls for The Thunderbird. http://www.dealerrater.com/recalls/Ford/THUNDERBIRD/
take it to an exhaust specialist, take the resonator off and run two pipes down your car with performance mufflers. you will still have catilatic converters, but it will sound good!
You can pull the motor or thetransmission, though the trans is easier. But if you need to ask you should probably take it to a shop.