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My '50 Merc is 12 volt - ground, with Painless wiring end to end. This week I removed the defective 12 volt overdrive solenoid and re-installed the original 6 volt to fill the void until I can get a new 12 volt. Today I drove the car about two blocks when the car quit cold. Turns out the...

Thought my problems were behind me.... Overdrive worked fine for a few months since my last thread. However now it works when cold, starting out from home in the morning, but after warming up - two-three miles and maybe five or six stops later it won't kick into overdrive. Even after sitting...

Stock '50 Merc transmission with OD. Reverse will not engage if the OD control is "in". I have to disengage OD to back the car up. In the shop manual transmission drawing, it appears there is a cam/lever in the transmission gear shift housing that, when in OD, and reverse gear is...

Problem: My overdrive will not engage until 40+ mph. (30+mph in second gear). I removed the governor. The gear shaft and gear looks fine, seems to be getting plenty of lubricant. Took the top off the governor and all looks good, except it's dry inside where the little weights are. Is...

OD on my 1950 Mercury.... converted to 12 V Neg. ground. I've replaced the regulator and the solenoid with new, 12 volt models, and rewired the entire OD wiring using larger-than spec wires. Now it works, but not exactly as it should. It refuses to "shift" into overdrive below about 40 mph...

For years I've used the NAPA Gold 1006 filter. Today I stopped by my local NAPA store to pick one up..... they're now $22 plus change. Yikes. I thought $14 a few years back was high. Any suggestions for a quality alternative? I prefer buying local rather than Amazon when I can.... but wow...

50 Mercury, stock drive train. BW overdrive. 12 volt with 12 volt solenoid. When starting out cold, it works as it should.... when I lift the gas pedal, it shifts into overdrive. After driving for a while.... 20 or so minutes in stop and go traffic, it then will not shift into...

The overdrive on my 1950 Mercury won't kick in until just under 40 MPH. It sounds like a governor issue, but I went ahead and checked all the other overdrive components first (solenoid, relay, kick down switch)... all appear OK. Assuming it's the governor.... I can't get the top off the...

This "fix" is not a newly discovered miracle... but I thought if I post it up my experience it would give some folks with the same issue a "search" destination. Several years back I rebuilt my '50 Merc Flathead using all new parts from Red's Headers. Included was "1 Set Johnson Style Hollow...

The steering on my Merc is sloppy.... lots of excess play. It's doubtful if the steering gear assembly has ever been serviced. I need to tear it down and do a rebuild. But, in the meantime, is there a way I can take some slack out of the steering? My shop manual says to properly adjust the...