Projects All The Twos: 1962 Mercury, 352cui, 2bbl, Too Many Doors.

When properly tuned, the 2bbl 352 has quite nice acceleration, indeed.
Feels like cup of strong tea.

 

Where is your distributor vacuum advance connected? If you're using ported vacuum, try switching it to full manifold vacuum and see how it responds. All this "fine tuning" should get you better fuel mileage as well.

 

There’s only one vac take off on the Autolite carb which I thought was ported but at idle it pulls in vac advance so I guess I was wrong.

 

Usually, but probably not always, when a carb has more than one vacuum connection port the one mounted lowest on the carb tends to be full manifold vacuum. A port mounted up higher on the carb is usually ported vacuum, though it's easy enough to check either port with a vacuum gauge.

 

Gearbox is way better now. Pretty sure it’s working exactly how it should. Saves me a job crawling underneath

 

Went out of the house today to find the left rear air bag had collapsed on the OT daily so had to use the Mercury for getting around. Think I’ve found someone local who can have a look at the AC so going to try and get that booked for next week.

 

45f here this morning, so I took the car to the AC repair place!

The condenser is holed along with a couple of the rubber hoses, they’re going to get some bits and then I’ll take it back.

 

Been to Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb today, oldest motorsport venue still running.




Not a huge amount of HAMB friendly stuff but I think we’re allowed Allards in Mercury format:


And Cadillac



And a pretty Ford

 

New pipework, condenser and drier and we’ve got AC blowing at 39f, should keep the Mrs happy, I’ll need a jumper.