Ten Years After

RalphG

RalphG

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Ten years ago today, Oct. 29th, I pulled the 52 Merc out of the woods to begin its revival after almost 40 years of neglect. I drove it back to the site for a few photos today.
 

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Gee, I hope the poor old Merc did not think it was being put back there again. You might have given it a heart attack. Regards, Kevin.
 
Ralph, do you have a 'before' pic of it in the field? I guess I thought your dad drove it now and then and then later you took over. 40 years a long time sitting. I remember my brother the rock n roller and I listening to a band called Ten Years After and when I saw your title, the name Alvin Lee popped in my head. Anyhow Ralph, I think it's great how you saved your dad's old merc.
 
corvette8n said:
Ralph do you know if the Merc has a 239 or a 255 V8.
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Its the original 255. I remember when my brother was working on it back about 1980 replacing pistons and rings. By some mistake there was one wrong piston in the box and it must have been for a 239. On first start up the engine had a knock. He was really disappointed and after diagnosing he discovered one piston was too high. If memory serves me correct he filed it down until it would not interfere anymore. Probably not the recommended fix but it seems to run just fine after all these years.
 
Ralph, Thanks for sharing that video of "saving the Merc". It's great that you have brought it back to life.
 
The Merc must seem like a member of your family Ralph……good on you for keeping it running after all these years……some things aren’t meant to be thrown away! ………Mark
 
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