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1961 Mercury Montclair Repair Question


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Asked on September 17, 2009

1961 Mercury Montclair

Engine Performance problem
1961 Mercury Montclair V8 Two Wheel Drive Automatic 73000 miles

failed to pull gas from gas tank twice in about 150 miles let set for a few minutes picked up gas again and runs ok what is the problem? 1956 Mercury
Avatar Asked by wanitaf

Answer

Replied on December 19, 2009

you could have junk in the tank blocking the pickup and floating around. A partially plugged fuel filter.

Tiny Answered by hmac300 (expert)
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