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From 1969 Mercury Marquis “Topaz” — documented by Smoky.

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1969 Mercury Marquis - The "thunderjet" engine with a 2 barrel Autolite (the original one) carb. If I ever decide to rebuild this engine, I might conver… 1969 Mercury Marquis - intake manifold showing plugged vacuum ports. (on the left between the wires) 1969 Mercury Marquis - Cleaned engine a bit 1969 Mercury Marquis - Driver's side view 1969 Mercury Marquis - passenger side view 1969 Mercury Marquis - View showing the newly installed ported vacuum switch. The old one was broken and had no tubes connected. Heat from the hot water causes th… 1969 Mercury Marquis - View showing the rubber shroud that was installed. The original one was missing. I'm not sure what exactly this does. Perhaps it forces fre… 1969 Mercury Marquis - 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 i… 1969 Mercury Marquis - 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… 1969 Mercury Marquis - 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 th… 1969 Mercury Marquis - Showing the new PCV valve installed 1969 Mercury Marquis - View showing the new breather cap and elbow installed. Exactly matches the original. 1969 Mercury Marquis - I prefer the blue Bosch oil filters. 1969 Mercury Marquis - This is where the PCV valve tubing goes into the carb. 1969 Mercury Marquis - New cam and crank sprocket, and timing chain. Old cam sprocket with plastic teeth was still undamaged without any cracking. Erik got a cust… 1969 Mercury Marquis - New Duralast Gold Battery with 750 CCA. Purchased from Autozone for $210.