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I will bypass the switch and see what happens. It is definitely spinning in the correct direction. The car is not in excellent shape by any means. When I'm doing under 35 mph it stays decently warm in it but once I start cruising the rusy holes don't do me any favors. I hope to get her back out...

I do have a good ground. I have a stock 2 position switch and now a single speed motor. Originally I did have it wired to the low side of the switch. I wired it to the high side of the switch and it spins faster. I'm wondering if the switch is now my problem since it has a resistor in it. There...

I recently upgraded to 12v. The car is relatively stock otherwise. The original 6v blower motor worked, never very well. I ran the motor on 12v after reading quite a few people not having an issue running these motors on 12v and some having issues. I took my chances. One day sitting in traffic...

Quick update. The optima was a great upgrade. I used the car to run multiple errands today involving roughly 5 stops of a half an hour or so. The slow cranking hot has been resolved by the battery alone. I still have long crank times when it's hot but it turns over so fast hot now that it...

I see your signature shows your merc is a woodie. Station wagons came with 4.55 gears if I remember correctly. If you have a hard time locating all of the parts for an OD transmission, see if you can find a rear end from an OD car - they have 4.27 gears or even a non-OD car with 3:91. I know...

I'll be purchasing a red optima today. I guess I'll have a nice optima for my tractor once I do upgrade the merc to 12v. Ill see what the battery does and move onto the starter from there. Thanks guys Ill report back at my findings with the new battery.

This is what oreillys had available when I bought it about 2 years ago or so.

I have replaced all of the cables to the starter, battery and motor. Only the positive ground to the block is 00. All others are what shoebox central sent me. I also upgraded to "military style battery connectors" along with copper connectors anywhere I could install them. The distributor...

I suspected the coil also. I needed one for my tractor so I pulled the 2 year old coil off the merc and it works fine on the tractor. I bought a brand new one for the merc instead of pulling one back off the tractor. Same issue to a T

I've done some research on this topic but want a little more feedback or reassurance I'm heading the correct direction. 1950 Merc fires up cold like its fuel injected, half a crank and its running. Electric fuel pump, regulated to 3-4 psi with a kill switch. My battery is 2 years old, load...

This is the 6V kit I have https://shoebox-central.com/6-volt-modern-universal-wiring-harness I decided to go with this kit with an alternator instead of going with the powergen unit for reliability after reading multiple reviews...

The car will be wired with the 6v kit, then I'll be going to 12v. 38 coupe, that's what I'm trying to get away from doing. Not enough time in the day. A kit will save me a lit of time. My 6V is just fine, I don't have problems I'm trying to cover up by going ro 12v. I do like the idea of...

Good to know, thanks! I'll be going to 12v soon and when I do that I may install a small tach.

Quick update. I have ordered a new kickdown switch, I'm waiting for it to come in along with a couple of other things. I topped off the tank and set out to venture as far away from home as I've been with it today. I ended up in every kind of traffic, she didn't miss a beat. I even took it on the...

What I said must have been misleading, the 6v kit I have no issues with. I was just stating that I have it. My questions are more based around a kit for converting to 12 volt.

If my wife and I don't have anything going on that day we may take a trip over there and check this out. We're about an hour away. Is there usually anyone selling cars and trucks there?

1950 merc mostly original. 3 on the tree with OD. Most of the wiring in the car is shot, I've fixed/patched/repaired but I'm beyond that point now. I recently bought a 6V rebel wiring kit to redo all the wiring in the car front to back. I want to go the 12v route for a few different reasons. I...

I went with one of the fuel pumps linked above, it didn't even run long enough to build pressure in my fuel system before it died. When I bought my car it had a fuel pump just like this one https://www.amazon.com/Carter-P4259-Line-Electric-Fuel/dp/B000CIS4IU/?tag=atomicindus08-20 after sitting...

Thanks for letting me know! For an old POS she sure wants to keep living!

I'll buy 2 and play with one of them. My current switch is split at the bottom, I'm not going to mess with it. It's been a productive day. Not only does the OD work I replaced the starter wire, checked timing, reset fuel psi to 2.5, adjusted the idle down, verified no vacuum leaks with...