Fired up the Merc
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Fired up the Merc
I was over at the farm this weekend getting things ready for seeding. I climbed in the Merc pumped the gas half a dozen times, pulled out the choke and she fired right up. Put on some new mirrors so I can see whats behind me. Some time this week get the drivers side floor ready to weld in a new floor panel and get some new tires for the front and she will be good to go.
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It's probally a 330 FE engine. My cousin has that engine in his '66 M-500 but it takes forever to get up to speed with only a 4spd.
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I am not sure of the motor, it's pretty good though, you can load her right up and she pulls it no problem. It has a 2 speed axle and that helps out in the field, but down the road about 45mph is about as fast as you want to go anyways
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Snowking that is not our only truck, our main one is a GMC. I bought the Mercury to use as a service truck but it turned out it was to good for that so I use it as a second truck during seeding and harvest.
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The GM just has a 350 no ***** at all, burns oil and requires a carb kit about every other year even with two fuel filters. It is an 86 only has 40,000kms. It has not been a very good truck. However it does have air conditioning which is nice during harvest.
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Our Detroit you have to drive with the windows down and the heat on, she'll boil on you if you don't. We also got a 63 IH loadstar 1800 and a 61 IH B150, both with 345 V8's. The loadstar has been running rough since winter, and we found out the Water pump was ready to go.
You don't know what hell is until you have to replace a water pump in a old stubnose, espically with the Butterfly hood. Each time the wind blows it crashes on you.
You don't know what hell is until you have to replace a water pump in a old stubnose, espically with the Butterfly hood. Each time the wind blows it crashes on you.
Last edited by Snowking; Apr 28, 2006 at 11:12 AM.