COMET CENTRAL

It's straightened out now and the accelerator pump seems to work correctly. Warmed it all up, re-adjusted the idle mixture, the base idle and the timing, and we're in much better shape now. All the plugs are now copper colored and none of them has the gas powdered fouling. The engine stuttering see...

383MERC wrote:
The FMX trans has the integral bellhousing. Those came later on. I think 1968.

The FMX (1968/ ) has a separate bell. The PX (2S) (1959/1963) has the one piece bell/main (alum) case.

On the bellcrank there is a line that comes from the power steering pump and goes to some kind of switch or sensor on the center of the bellcrank. We are trying to figure out what it is for and why something dealing with P/S would be located on the throttle linkage. That is a idle speed step-up fea...

It appears to be correct as it has a Six Digit DSO Code and the Bolt-On tower brace instead of regular production weld-on.

The rear housing is incorrect.

The 289 HIPO was not offered in 1968. There was a running change from the 289 (standard) to the new 302.

-THE 289 HIPO-

Scroll down the page and read the dampener and counterweight entries. It sounds like you may have mixed components causing the vibration.

Thanks for the offer Snake... I had the spacers bookmarked at one time but the page disappeared. I think it was TOTAL PERFORMANCE that was offering them, but I cannot find the spacers on their webpage either. Is there any chance of your taking a digital picture of your spacers so that it might be po...

I don't know if this will interest anyone, but there has been a heated discussion on another forum regarding the production and release of a 1964 COMET 289/271HP. -1964 Mercury HiPo 289 engine VIN code???- -64 Comet 289 Hipo option never was! (end of story)- -The COMET CYCLONE Homepage- How to tell ...

They removed the two inner head lights and ran air ducts from the headlight brackets to the air intake. On the below page are some reference photos; http://perso.wanadoo.fr/trombinoscar/mercury/co6409.html (I am not sure of the shot of the air bonnet) I know the spacers you are describing. I am try...

OEM (AND CUSTOM) SPRINGS

-EATON DETROIT SPRINGS INC-