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My Signal-Stat FN 221, (flasher,) arrived yesterday. Today I will install it. Now I will be able to do away with the accessory turn signal switch. That switch came in handy at the time, but it crowded the wiper and headlight switch.

I was checking out my voltage regulator because I have Sunday off and I'm spending it with my Mercury. The amps gauge has a kind of a flicker to it and while trying to find out why I noticed that with the cover off the amps gauge works great. When I put the cover on the volts drops almost a half...

Yesterday I replaced my rear generator bushing. I had already purchased a nice end plate to keep my '53 Monterey on the road, but by replacing the bushing I would have a spare. I broke a hack saw blade so that the cutting part went all the way to the end and sawed the side wall in two. Then...

I'm off work today so I am going to work on my '53 Monterey. This end cap has a nice bushing and the one on there now does not. The oil port is of a different style and I hope that this does not signal "won't fit!". this one has the ball bearing and my original has the tiny cap that swings shut...

It was cold and rain in Michigan yesterday. So, I put on my Harley raingear complete with booties and went out to the driveway to remove my generator. The last couple of days I started hearing a kind of a slight sound while holding a piece of heater hose up to my ear, and it came from the...

I showed up at Budget at 8 am. Tires I ordered were in. Instead of the radials that were on the car when I got it, I wanted an easier steering and a higher gear ratio in back. The new tires are 4 to 5 inches higher and have a smaller footprint than the radials and gave me both desires. The...

I had a leaky air valve on my 1953 Mercury this week, so I went looking for a new valve. I found plenty of them. All in the size of .453". It was not until 1955 that Mercury/Ford and most others went to tubeless. My rim valve holes are made for tube type. I replaced it with the .453" size for now.

Hi. When I bought my '53 mercury, at an auction, it had one of those pretty blue voltage regulators on it. It also wrongly had a 12 volt battery which I quickly changed back to 6 volts and used the original one that I found in the trunk. It works fine. But what are those 2 wires that are on the...