1953 Mercury M100

Nickeleye · COURTICE, ONT

RE: 1953 Mercury M100

V2addict · CRAIGHURST, ONT

fatchuk wrote:
best you leave that seat out for the wiring project makes it a lot nicer to do the wiring in the cab and dash..good time to put a/c in to..wiring it is esay ..and you will learn a lot about your own truck , do a neat job and install the fuse panel in an area that is easy for you access it if you need to to...I would recommend..pull the instruction sheet and keep it in the family library (dumper room) and read it over a couple times ,high-lite any warnings/cautions.. make any notes on the instruction sheet and keep that with all your truck service information ..you made need to access your notes some day..rots-a-ruck

Hey Fatchuk, I saw a neat idea, not sure who's system it was but a guy showed me a nifty magnet, quite powerful and it held the fuse panel to the fire wall, I thought it was a great idea for removal for future wiring or trouble shooting.

Nickeleye · COURTICE, ONT

V2addict wrote:
Sounds good, I have been priced in the $700 range, I believe 21 circuits though, and I think the brand was Highway 21? just seems like a lot of money?

I couldn't tell you what's better, I just went with American autowire cause some guys recommended and it was a hell of a lot more affordable for me

V2addict · CRAIGHURST, ONT

let us know how well it goes, I'm going to try to get to wiring this spring or possibly next winter we'll see how it goes with money and time.

V2

Rochie · LONDON, ONT

In the past few years, I've wired 5 cars. Two with ez wire harnesses one with a Rebel harness and 2 with American Auto wire. Any of the kits that are out there are pretty good. Rebel is just the harness, you buy or reuse your own switches. Ez wire you can go a couple of different routes., with or without switches. American auto wire has all the switches, terminals (GM based), and the best instructions, but the switches are cheap knock-offs.
Now if you want to go"Cadillac", price a Ron Francis harness
Just be sure to lay everything out and picture where each circuit has to go . Never cut anything until you are at the final destination for that circuit and shrink tube and solder every terminal and joint(if you have to make them).

Nickeleye · COURTICE, ONT

Thanks Rochie! And I'll be taking my time on this

Nickeleye · COURTICE, ONT

Some treats were on my desk for my this morning!

picked up a stock style choke cable, stock 12v heater switch, couple spare knobs (I'm hoping I can fit on onto the american autowire light switch), stock looking cigar lighter. Should be a much nicer looking dash this summer! It will be nice not to have 4 different styles of knobs.

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Ninop69 · THORNHILL, ONT

Looks like Christmas all over again, have fun!

Nickeleye · COURTICE, ONT

Finally warming up a bit so I can do some work in the garage. Got the heater rebuilt and painted. One item down so many more to go!

Nickeleye · COURTICE, ONT

Got the dash repainted. I like the satin black. The whole interior is gonna be all black now. I never noticed how poorly the ash tray fits until it was painted the same Colour

Nickeleye · COURTICE, ONT

Time to start laying out wire. Wish me luck!

Model A Guy · STROUD, ONT

Just a suggestion, I would turn the fuse panel so that the wires point up, otherwise the dashboard will not hide the wires.
I can't tell which way the writing is on the fuse panel, but even if it ends up upside down the other way, the result will be worth it.
That steering column should have a built in headlight dimmer switch, so that floor mounted switch should be redundant.
Good Luck!

hotroddonnie · BARRIE, ONT

Model A Guy knows his stuff.

Nickeleye · COURTICE, ONT

It does have a switch on the column but I just want to use the floor switch. I even got a nice grommet for the carpet to go around the switch. I had though about flipping the fuse panel as well. Thanks model A.

Nickeleye · COURTICE, ONT

Flipped the fuse box as suggested, everyhing tucks up where it should nicely.. Just getting stuff layed out into position so far. Have a couple switches to still figure out and modify to accept factory style bezels. Lost more to go, but I actually enjoying this so far.

On the left is the dakota digital wiring module for the dash. (not digital guages, they're analog sweep). But the wiring module is great, all the dash wires go into the blocks on the sides and just one ethernet cable runs to the back of the dash.

Model A Guy · STROUD, ONT

Hope you don't mind another suggestion, I would mount a grounding strip on the metal/aluminum bracket that the fuse box is mounted on.
Either that or a series of screws, tapped into the bracket. Then run a #10 ground from that strip/screws to the motor or transmission which ever is more convenient.
You might be surprised at how many ground wires you will end up with, this way they will be dealt with neatly and convenietly.
You did run your main battery negative to somewhere on the motor or transmission right, if you didn't you should. Also run a jumper from the engine/transmission to the frame.
Take your time, be as neat as possible, don't let anyone tell you they have wired a car PROPERLY in 2 days or whatever. I can't tell you how many of those I
have had to rip out and replace the complete harness because of bad connections and sloppy installations.

Nickeleye · COURTICE, ONT

I haven't got that far yet but thanks for the advice

Nickeleye · COURTICE, ONT

Wiring is all done. Everything checks out ok and works. Time to start takin the interior out of my living room and put it into my truck!

I have an intake issue I'm working on though. Cant get a plug out for a port I need for the new water sensor.

Nickeleye · COURTICE, ONT

Interior all done. Far from perfect but I love it.

Nickeleye · COURTICE, ONT

Finally got my hands on a set of steel running boards! Kijiji find. Picked up today!

Nickeleye · COURTICE, ONT

Got lots of work done on this amazing weekend. Nothing super exciting or very build worthy but lots of little things that seem to make a big difference (to me anyways). I picked up some running boards off kijiji a while back, got those fit on this weekend, box needs some minor shimming and adjusting. Moved the rear bumper 2" forward. And put the dummy spots back on (there were holes with plastic plugs and dents in the paint anyways, so might as well put em back on!) - found the in one of the boxes of stuff I got when I picked up the truck. Also my wheels were leaking air pretty bad last year so broke them down and cleaned up and painted inside to hopefully help. Also got some bullet center caps. Lots of polishing too! I'm not sure what polish you guys like to use but someone recommended Autosol to me, and it's amazing. Worked better for me than anything else I've used.

MarkM · OTTAWA, ONT

Truck looks great!

Nickeleye · COURTICE, ONT

Thanks very much