(Be sure to read this about shims and uprights (spindles).
https://static.speedwaymotors.com/pdf/91024148.pdf[/QUOTE)
This does NOT represent the geometry of the '49-'51 Mercury suspension and just tends to add to any confusion.
Unless you run the oil thru a 3 micron oil filter (as previously stated) the bad stuff goes right thru the cheese cloth and right back to where it came from,virtually unchanged.
To me a waste of time and effort.
Thanks for heads up.
Here are (3) EBAY links far anyone interested.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/393981065979?fits=Make%3AFord&hash=item5bbb19fafb:g:YrIAAOSwkK5frcNQ
https://www.ebay.com/itm/393014565497?fits=Make%3AFord&hash=item5b817e5a79:g:NH4AAOSwcW9frcWI...