1942 Mercury rebuild vlog
 

I am doing a little vlog on rebuilding the new engine for my RPU, I hope it wont all end in tears, I am trying as hard as I can to make this work.


Here is the youtube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Ck3xyUA3A

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It looks like a great start. You have some great parts to go in it as well. I love all that old ex military stuff.

Mart.

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Yes the military parts are all ways safe from moisture in the cosmline.



I am going to go to the smaller clutch pressure plate I have decided, flywheel will need to be re drilled and ground, pressure plate needs to be rebuilt, and because of the gearbox I am using I need to fit a pilot bush as I cant get the right bearing

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I am running an 11'' at the moment and clutch is very heavy and pushing hard on the peddle causes the gearbox mount to compress witch in turn causes clutch chatter, if I lock up the gearbox rear mount the chatter gets much less.

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Been cleaning the inside of the sump for hours, it’s slow going, riveted on the dipstick tube boss,

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The brass boss for dipstick tube is unusual; normally made of die cast. Only the English, to the best of my knowledge, used brass there; they ensured absolutely no leaks by, not only riveting, but also soldering it on.

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I think that brass dipstick boss was made for that guy JobLot in the USA, it’s really solid, I guess they soldered them “to be sure to be sure” and then they went off on a tangent on the rest of the engine

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to be sure to be sure is the Irishman who's wearing two condoms!!

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Haha that’s the one

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Quite a project, I don't know where to start, so I'll wish you good luck and if you have any questions, your in the right place.
Gramps

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Ok after talking to a lot of people I have decided to use the 11” pressure plate, I am sending it off to be rebuilt with lighter springs, I had to remove the ring gear as it’s very worn

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Someone from here goes through and gives all my videos a thumbs down lol

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I\m not sure why, but I like the stock 91.2 pressur plate. Light but strong for street use.

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Didn't talk to me! No way I would recommend the 11 inch clutch and pressure plate! It somewhat depends on what you are wanting to do with it when finished. If it is pulling tree stumps or hauling 30 foot logs, I guess the 11 inch is the way to go. If you are wanting to drive it and have any kind of high performance, it would be a very poor choice IMO. :)

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Asked. Ring gear place if they could replace it and they sed $250 + 15% tax nzd, I got a NOS ring gear and put it on my self for $90.

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Your off to a great start. Very organized and with a lot of high quality military parts. Im amazed at the quantity of NOS stuf you have. Keep posting, we will follow along.

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New ring gear on

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I have taken apart a few oil pumps and none of them had a gasket between the end plate and body but the re build kit came with a gasket, also I have never seen a pick up with this little tube? Problem with it is cleaning the inside, It was rusty and I have it a soak in rust stripper.

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The pickup in the Crusty flatty had that tube. It was a military 99 engine. The replacement filter element had to be stretched and reshaped to clear that little pickup tube. I show it in one of my videos. (not very well).

https://youtu.be/RDTKXf18wyU

The pump and pickup (now I think about it having watched the video) came from a UK 21stud truck motor.

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That looks just like the pickup I have, I have stacks of other ones I will use I think as the one with the tube is too rusty