trobbins: I hope you don't mind my attaching a similar question to your post. I have a 58 Mercury Monterey, 383 cubic inch, Merc-O-Matic push button auto trans. I also see a single black wire coming out of a part I can't name yet that is near the back of the engine bay, hovering just over and behind...

With demise of the Mercury brand, if you crystal ball the thing, do you all see the value and demand of Mercury's increasing over time? Will we see a nostalagia and increasing demand for Mercury classic cars, as the years pass, since they will never be produced again? Mind you, not that I intend to ...

Hi all:
What is the engine color for the '58 Mercury, 383 cubic inch. Got some rough spots on one piece and want to paint to match original orange/red color.

Keithol: Thank you for your response and detail. I am awaiting my 1958 Mercury shop manual (bought on ebay). Once I get it, I will go to the mechanic armed with as much info as possible, as well as the excellent input I have received here. I appreciate you taking a look at your 58 Merc. Do you plan ...

Thank you Theo. They fixed the cable problem, now we can get it out of park. I drove the car around for a good while before I left the shop, ensuring it was shifting well, into/out of park, etc.. The one part they could not fix, which I knew from the beginning, was the trans leak from the top, a sma...

Thanks to both of you for your replies. Well, I am in a pickle. I took the car in to a shop that I thought knew what they were doing. They have had the car for 8 days. I took the car in for a trans oil leak. They replaced the gaskets and seals saying if they fixed one and had to drop the trans down ...

Hi all: Totally new to the classic car arena. After years thinking of buying a classic car, I finally pulled the trigger and just bought my '58 Mercury Monterey. She is beautiful, 10,130 ORIGINAL miles! I have a transmission oil leak I am dealing with, otherwise she is in trememdous condition, total...

I've got a 1958 Mercury Monterey, Merc-O-Matic auto (push button) transmission behind the 383 cubic inch, 312 HP engine. I have a transmission oil leak in what appears to be the vacuum modulator. I see the part on my car, and compare to pictures on the internet and it certainly appears to be the vac...