[Virgil & Sue Klein]

You should use EP90 gear oil. Hope all is well in Norway.

[Virgil & Sue Klein]

Do you have the old hoses? If that is all that you need, most hydraulic repair shops can build the hoses for you. As to which pump your Merc has I have no idea. I think I saw on the show “Fantomworks” that they had done a repair on a Lincoln from this era that involved the power steering pump. It was driven by the crank shaft and was impossible to get the proper parts. Sorry I can’t be of more help.

[Virgil & Sue Klein]

After looking at your mirrors and the pictures on ebay I would say the mirrors mount on the door under the vent window. If you do locate them in that spot be sure the vent window can function normally. I do not know for sure but am guessing the exterior mirrors might have been a dealer installed item as outside mirrors were not required by the government in 1950. Unless there was a template for their location it could have varied dealer to dealer.

[Virgil & Sue Klein]

Suggest you look on ebay at 1950 Mercurys for sale. There are several good photos of the mirror location on some of these cars. I do not know for sure what a ’50 Mercs mirrors look like so am not sure which mirrors you have. Part of the issue with these Mercs is that so many are customized that mirror type and location has become somewhat arbitrary.

[Virgil & Sue Klein]

Check with Carpenters or C&G Early Ford Parts.

[Virgil & Sue Klein]

Ed,

A motor does not care which polarity it uses. Positive or negative ground is no big deal. Actually the motors will love 12 volts. What you do need to change though is the relays for the window motors to 12 volt. They make some really compact 12 volt relays that will easily fit in the space for the original 6 volt relays. If you want the windows to operate as factory (switch up, window up) you can either flip the switches over or swap the wires. This will handle the reversal of polarity. Hope this helps.

[Virgil & Sue Klein]

As of this moment the IMOA show in Denver at the end of June is still going to happen.

[Virgil & Sue Klein]

Contact Gordon Hawkins who has a restored ’59 wagon. You can look up his contact info in the member directory to the right above.

[Virgil & Sue Klein]

Use the member directory to contact Gordon Hawkins. He has a couple of 60 Mercs. Just click on “access the member directory” in the upper right hand corner and you can find his contact information.

[Virgil & Sue Klein]

Which model Mercury are you working on?

[Virgil & Sue Klein]

There are two phillips head screws that you can see on the front of the cluster around the top. There are also four studs (two on each side) of the back of the instrument cluster. You will need to remove the nuts from these studs. Of course the wiring will have to be disconnected as well. Be sure to mark everything. Now for the trickiest part. To get the cluster out you will need to lower the steering column. There is a bracket that is held in place by two large screws with relative large phillips head bolts. These are usually very tight and you will need some leverage to get them loose. The problem is the screw driver is hard to hold in place and keep enough upward force to prevent slipping. Use a ratchet with a screw driver type attachment if you can. If you remove these I suggest you replace them with bolts that have an allen head.

[Virgil & Sue Klein]

The Comet guy for IMOA is Carlos Vera. He is in Colorado near Denver. You can find his contact info in the Member Directory on this website. He also has an ad in Quicksilver.

[Virgil & Sue Klein]

What year and model does this part fit?

[Virgil & Sue Klein]

I looked at my ’54 shop manual for a routing diagram for the vacuum hoses. There is no diagram for that in the manual. There is a vacuum line from the intake manifold that goes through the firewall to the wiper motor. You can “T” off of that to go to the heater valve on the heater plenum under the dash. This is the valve that has a cable from the lever on the dash. There is a vacuum line from that valve to the heater control valve on the block that exits the interior with the wires for the heater motor and cable for the vent control again through the firewall.

Also, you would “T” off of the main vacuum line to the control that activates the washers. From that control a vacuum line would run to the washer fluid container.

As long as those wires are hidden I don’t think it matters exactly how you route them.

[Virgil & Sue Klein]

Simply, yes. The kit is also offered by other vendors.

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