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EFV-8 Club Forum / General Mercury Discussion / fuse box / location - 46' Merc

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len47merc
07-15-2015 @ 3:05 PM
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Can't endorse and emphasize enough Tom's comments on the brakes. A couple of points to tag on - one, even if a brake line looks good, for a car sitting that long and in the condition yours may be the line likely is close to failure or is completely clogged with muck/old brake fluid. When Tom stated '...all of the brake parts...' that truly means ALL. Two, regardless of how patient you might ultimately be, if you focus on getting the motor running first the urge to drive it when the motor fires up the first time will be great and possibly so strong as to override one's sense of personal safety. Strongly support it being better to have the brakes, front end, steering and suspension buttoned-up as a first order of business so that when it's ready for the first spin around the block you and the car end up safe back in your own driveway.

Steve

TomO
07-15-2015 @ 6:39 AM
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Cameron, the Mercury looks like it is very nice car that you can drive while you fix it up.

When a car has been sitting for 20 years, many of the parts deteriorate. The rings may be stuck and you may have stuck valves, so I would start by trying to turn the engine over by hand. Use a breaker bar and socket on the crank pulley nut to make sure that the engine is free.

Plan on rebuilding or replacing all of the brake parts. The rubber parts will be trash after 20 years of sitting. As you go through the running gear, you may find a few more problems, but don't give up as they can all be solved.

Tom

fsacht
07-15-2015 @ 5:44 AM
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Clorenc,
I have a decent hood ornament you can have. I can mail it to you. I don't know the procedure for exchanging personal information, email and other addresses.
Are you in the USA?

clorenc
07-14-2015 @ 9:21 PM
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Hood ornament is pretty much the only trim missing. There are some dents in the body as well as some bondo, but that will all come off much later. Interior is mostly there but sun rotted. Center dashboard trim crumbled. Lots to do. Thanks for your advice and support!

len47merc
07-13-2015 @ 3:25 PM
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Pic looks great clorenc! Looks like you have a very, very nice foundation to launch from! Is that the original paint?

Your '46 and my early '47 are so close - lickin' my chops on the pic. Keep the faith and stay patient - patient - patient. You've a real gem there - if the interior and running gear are as nice as the pic of the exterior shows you're truly golden! For me, as a (can't believe I'm saying this) newbie preservationist, hope you can keep it as original as possible! You will find it to be a real treat to drive when you are through!

Hold on to those Merc trim pieces - some of those are extremely hard to find now. Hood ornament - ?

Steve

clorenc
07-13-2015 @ 1:52 PM
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Hopefully the pic shows up.

TomO
07-06-2015 @ 6:24 AM
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Heed your doctor's advice about what you can do after your surgery. You certainly don't want to do damage to the shoulder. The car will wait until you are healed.

Steve's advice about patience is very important in working on these cars. The supply of good parts and good service are fast disappearing and you do not want to waste money on parts that you do not need and may cause further problems.

I am waiting to see a photo of your car. Follow Steve's advice to post one.

Tom

len47merc
07-05-2015 @ 6:08 PM
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Cameron - Assuming you have a picture of your car on your computer/hard drive, if you are technically aware of how to resize it to 1024 X 768 size max please do so and save that back to your hard drive either as the same file name or as a new file name (via 'save as'). Then simply reply to any of the e-mails in this stream and select 'Browse' right beside 'Image Attachment' and navigate to and select the file you just saved (or the original file if you are unable to resize it to a smaller size to help our Administrator manage disk space) and once you have selected the proper file select 'Open'. This will attach it to your reply and then you can select 'Submit Reply' and you should be good to go.

On starting your long-idled car, I would never have gotten my '47 Merc to start as quickly and effectively as it did without TomO's, Alan's and others on this Forum's help (both of the former replied on this discussion thread). Suggest when you are ready that you resubmit questions as to 1st steps and you will, IMHO, have a much smoother, more efficient, much more effective, much swifter, higher quality and satisfying result if you solicit and follow their advice.

And for what it's worth, don't get too anxious - you'll get to where you want to go quicker if you stay patient.

EDIT - if you need help attaching &/or resizing/down sizing a photo PM me and I'll be glad to help with more detail if you need. Look forward to seeing your '46!

Steve

This message was edited by len47merc on 7-5-15 @ 6:16 PM

clorenc
07-05-2015 @ 5:35 PM
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Wow! You guys are awesome! I loved working on the 50's and 60's cars back in the day but this 46' Merc is throwing me some curves. I just had rotator cuff surgery so I need to back off most of this for a couple of months or my wife will hurt me if she sees me under the hood, etc. I appreciate all of the detailed feedback and really look forward to picking up on it again.
Can someone tell me how to download a picture?
Thanks, Cameron

TomO
07-05-2015 @ 9:06 AM
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There are many causes of the lights not working on a car that has been sitting. The most common cause is the foot dimmer switch, next is the dash light switch followed by the circuit breaker and wiring problems.

The growling sound could be an electric fuel pump or another accessory.

Let us know which problem that you want to solve first, so we can give you a checklist to solve the problem.

Tom

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