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The Mighty Merc – Fueling The Beast
With the doubler in place I lost a good 6” in clearance for the stock tank. Which meant it would no longer fit. I had wanted to modify the Bronco II tank I had on hand as it would allow me to place the tank in a better place, and net me an additional 2 gallons of fuel capacity. But in the name of time, I wound up just picking up a 2 door sport tank (17 gallons) so that…
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The Mighty Merc – Oil Pressure Low Warning Light
I’m a bit leery of running remote oil filters, they just seem to add unnecessary risk and complication to a critical part of keeping a motor happy. I am terrified of this thing losing oil pressure while running down the highway at 2500 rpms due to a hose blowing off. So I wanted to add a little extra warning in case that scenario were to happen. I picked up a Jegs universal low oil pressure warning light kits. The Part…
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Michigan 2014
After life became a bit more stable since the addition of our first born son, we decided to run up to Michigan for a short vacation. This was our first long ‘family’ trip out and I was impressed at how much stuff a kid needs to travel with. This is only half of the stuff that was crammed into the Merc, thus killing my dreams of a 2 door build: We bunked up with the Grandparents at a nice little…
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Castor River Shut-ins and Meramec State Park 10-26-14
We’ve been doing a bit of wandering the past couple of weekends. Loaded up the Merc: And went to Castor River Shut Ins again: And we’ve also hit Meramec Park on both the St. James and Sullivan MO side:
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The Mighty Merc – Brakes!
Brakes are kind of a nice thing to have dialed in properly. After a little trial and error on The Lone Ranger , I found a good working combination. But I’m adding a little twist to things.