Mercury Differential

[Bulligen]

Great news, I have had similar issues with old drums and shoes and it has always worked our like yours. I think those rear ends could power a bren carrier, ha! Floors will be in very good shape when you get finished as well. Love the videos! Keep on Merc-in !

[RalphG]

Originally Posted by Bulligen

Great news, I have had similar issues with old drums and shoes and it has always worked our like yours. I think those rear ends could power a bren carrier, ha! Floors will be in very good shape when you get finished as well. Love the videos! Keep on Merc-in !

Found some good heavy sheet metal in the scrap iron collection today. Not big enough to make a single panel for the driver side so I'll have to splice two (and a bit) narrow sections together. I think this metal is heavy enough I can weld it with the arc welder without burning through. It will give a good strong mounting base for the gas pedal.

[paul2748]

A suggestion. Once you have the floor pan in and the gas pedal located, weld two nuts to the underside of the pan and use machine screws to bolt it down.. Last a lot longer than using sheet metal screws. I did this when I restored my Tbird

Originally Posted by RalphG

Found some good heavy sheet metal in the scrap iron collection today. Not big enough to make a single panel for the driver side so I'll have to splice two (and a bit) narrow sections together. I think this metal is heavy enough I can weld it with the arc welder without burning through. It will give a good strong mounting base for the gas pedal.

[RalphG]

Originally Posted by paul2748

A suggestion. Once you have the floor pan in and the gas pedal located, weld two nuts to the underside of the pan and use machine screws to bolt it down.. Last a lot longer than using sheet metal screws. I did this when I restored my Tbird

Sounds a good plan but I'm not sure if there might be a part missing from the gas pedal. No sign of a base or any holes to attach it. Whatever it had originally might have disappeared along with the rusted section of floor.
On the 52 I came up with a crude but surprisingly satisfactory replacement. I cut a short of heavy rubber belting material. Screwed one end of it to the gas pedal and the other end to the floor. It seems to work just fine.