Mark V headlamp door hinge bushings - SOLVED

[v8moneypit]

Hi all,
One of the headlamp doors on my Mark V sticks when opening. Found a lot of slack in the pivot. The bush has crumbled so the door lifts before it folds if that makes sense.
Is anyone able to provide a source for these bushes please? I'm in the UK so would need someone who can ship outside the US. Although I do have friends in the US who could forward them for me if necessary.
If I can't locate any, I could makes some at work, but would be easier if they are available.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Steve

[Lee]

Does it really have bushings? The parts diagram suggests it might just be a bolt and a hole in the fiberglass door. You may need to get creative with some fiberglass filler.

[frasern]

I looked at my '79 parts car today, the front is smashed to pieces, but part of one door is still there, and it has a bushing. Sadly, it was broken in the crash, however I will enclose a picture.

I can send a better picture and dimensions, if you want to try to fab something up.

[1Bad55Chevy]

Looks like a shift linkage bushing. If there is something slightly different about it I would assume you could get creative with an exacto knife and make it work!

[v8moneypit]

Thanks everyone. Apologies for not replying sooner.
From what I could see there was a bush in there and you've confirmed it.
I'll need to get the door off, then I should be able to replicate it in the lathe.

[Dan Szwarc]

I think I know exactly what this bushing is and maybe its part number. My 70 Merc has headlamp covers and when I tore it down, I found and saved the bushings from it and the parts car. I think they are split bushings that fit into the door.

Does the broken piece shown above have a diagonal cut on one side?

[frasern]

Why yes it does!

[Dan Szwarc]

And it has a shoulder on it. It's designed to snap into the hole. The slot allows it to kind of fold into the hole.
I'll see if I can find a PN in the MPCs.

[frasern]

I can't find where I put it, but I think, a small ridge on the outer circumference, the shoulder bolt holds it expanded, so it can't slip out.
Edit;
Okay, I found it, here is another picture, but not much better. I can feel the ridge with my fingernail, but it really doesn't show up in the picture. I also found a brass bushing that should work, it came from an old copy machine.

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[Dan Szwarc]

That’s the one. I haven’t dug for my stock as it’s buried in bins of Merc stuff. This could easily be turned on a lathe and may be available for t-birds of the early 70s and Ford LTDs.

[v8moneypit]

Thanks again everyone. I've invested in the 5 volume shop manual and a parts manual on USB stick. Not easy things to navigate!!
I'll get the headlamp door off as soon as I get a chance. Too many other things getting in the way like house move, child problems, other car problems, etc.!!!

[Dan Szwarc]

The bushing is base PN 13A164.

The 77 Mark V would use C9AZ-13A164-B. It uses one on each side of the door or a total of 4 per car.

Why it's not shown on the Mark V illustration... probably an omission. I had to find it in the 75 to 78 Mercury Marquis section to find a picture.

[RMAENV]

https://secure.cougarpartscatalog.com/c ... 164-a.html
https://www.ebay.com/itm/176038831604

[Dan Szwarc]

$20 for a used bushing.

$83 for a set (that LTD on eBay is not 4 of the same, but two inners, and two outers, probably the -A and -B versions).

Rearcounter.com lists 3 places with the -B versions Dennis-Carpenter.com has 70+ NOS of them.

I think I paid $10-15 for just the center bushing for my 70 Merc. And that was in 2018.

Well, v8moneypit, you get to live up to your name.

[frasern]

I would cheap out with a universal bushing, or fabricate something, but that's just me.