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View showing the rubber shroud that was installed. The original one was missing. I'm not sure what exactly this does. Perhaps it forces fresh outside air to pass through the radiator, rather than being bypassed, by sucking air in from the large hol...
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Showing the new PCV valve installed
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View showing the new breather cap and elbow installed. Exactly matches the original.
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I prefer the blue Bosch oil filters.
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This is where the PCV valve tubing goes into the carb.
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This is the original autolite 2100 carb (356 cfm) that is not on the car now. It was rebuilt and sitting on the shelf should it be needed in the future. Size stamped on side (near anti-stall dashpot) 1.23 (venturi size)
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engine 001.JPG
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This is the new carb (from Amazon, instead of *autolite* it is called *autoline* showing the position of the fast idle screw. This carb has venturi size of 1.08 or 287 CFM. Not as much as the original autolite, but may be better for mileage. Power ...
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patch and clip 001.JPG
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This view shows the top-well patch that I applied. It was torn when the trunk torsion bar shot through it while I was trying to remove it. You can also see the brighter blue torsion bar, which is the replacement that was painted. Now the trunk wor...
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The new replacement torsion bar (lighter blue) and the original one. The replacement came out of a '69 Marquis convertible that was at the CTC Auto Ranch in Texas. They are VERY helpful, and have lots of Mercurys from 1969.
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This is the piece that spontaneously broke off the torsion bar.
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69accy 001.JPG
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View showing the newly installed ported vacuum switch. The old one was broken and had no tubes connected. Heat from the hot water causes the switch to remove the carb vacuum hose and connect the manifold vacuum one, which is greater, and is fed to t...
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This is the new carb showing the anti-stall dashpot before I adjusted it correctly. It was never done by North Coast Rest. when they put the carb on.

The numbers stamped on the side of the carb next to the dashpot reveal the carb's CFM. The origina...
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trunk 001.JPG
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This is the right side of the trunk, with the torsion bar that remained unbroken, still under pressure (before I tried to remove it)
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Rear Sway Bar Up Grade, Dorman 15.3mm 2000 MGM.jpg
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Showing the difference between the Ford Trunk bars and the Mercury ones. The Mercury is heavier and larger diameter bar. I thought that the '69 Ford Galaxie would probably work, so ordered them from CTC AutoRanch in Texas. So now I have a spare we...
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trunk 002.JPG
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In this view, you can see the broken bar was removed from the catch on the right side, and since it was the left side that broke, it was all removed. The grabber hook was pulled down so that the trunk would still close ok. The bar that remained sti...
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This shows the unbroken bar still connected, and the method I used to dislodge it from the grabber. It worked, but the other side was STILL under pressure! Which I didn't expect.
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I had Chuck's Auto Body on Tyler in Mentor re-attach the replacement rod. This view show the left side.
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