have you found rubberbands in your engine compartment

[MonsterD]

I was looking under the hood, and there is a rubber band holding my steering linkage to a heat shield on the exhaust manifold.
that one looks like its kind of cooked.
then there is another one up by the radiator.

[rumble]

I had one around my oil filler cap, do you think it might
be a conspiracy?

[SergntMac]

Why do you think I call her "Patches?"

Someone was inside your engine bays, as they were inside mine. Only, I knew about it...

[martyo]

Originally posted by rumble
I had one around my oil filler cap, do you think it might
be a conspiracy?

Mine too (seriously). I took mine off and the seat of the pants meter revealed no loss in performance, so it has stayed off.

[jgc61sr2002]

Originally posted by martyo
Mine too (seriously). I took mine off and the seat of the pants meter revealed no loss in performance, so it has stayed off. Marty - Serious? Since when? Haven't found any on my MM because they were decontented.:D

[WolfeBros]

I ordered mine rubber band delete. :rolleyes:
:lol:

[RCSignals]

none in the engine compartment. Just one around the center rear seatbelt buckle.

[MarauderBZ]

I found one in mine, except it was just hanging out around one of the lines coming out of the engine. It wasn't holding anything in place, it was just sorta there. Removed with no negative results thus far! :)

[Dave Compson]

You know the only rubber band i have found was in the rear seat area. Holding the seatbelt strap. I have found numerious little plastic caps, and rubber plugs loose in the engine compartment. When i got the car home after i bought it, i really checked the engine area. I found these plastic thingies floating around under the intake on the top of the engine. Now, i just leave them in the glove compartment to compare with other marauder owners. I think they are factory plugs that should have been discarded when the engine was installed, but who knows.

[engine23ccvfd]

Be careful removing the rubberbands may void warranty :)

[jrzygrl]

I've had a few here and there inside the engine compartment, darn little freeloaders..I set mine free.

[jefferson-mo]

I had one on top of the engine near the EGR valve.........along with some rat doo-doo..........

[troopcar]

I had a total of four: three in the engine area and one on the rear seat belt. I don't really care for bland-colored beige rubber bands, so I returned 'em for a rebate. :P

[martyo]

Originally posted by troopcar
I had a total of four: three in the engine area and one on the rear seat belt. I don't really care for bland-colored beige rubber bands, so I returned 'em for a rebate. :P

I didn't realize we were allowd to count the ones inside the car too. If so, add three more to my count!!

[drobin]

TSB #123654M addresses this condition, so rush over to your friendly MM dealer ASAP before they snap and suck up into the air intake and clog up the catalytic convertors.

Donald

[Agent M79]

:confused: I thought that the more rubberbands you had, the better off your are?

More rubberbands = more torque at launch?

Short rubberbands = torque

Long rubberbands = horsepower


I say MORE RUBBERBANDS, not less!

[Merc-O-matic]

I had 6 rubber bands under the hood, but I sent them back to
Ford so they could be reused on the 2004 models. Also,
found a red rubber nipple in the air box under the air filter.
Hmmmm, maybe I'll keep that. Gotta Love it!

[jefferson-mo]

drobin..............it's TSB#123654M-A


sheesh:shake:...get it right!



:lol:

[drobin]

Jefferson Mo,

Thanks for the correction, must have something to do with me working for a dealership in my youth. Man, I hate when I make a mistake.....


Donald

[TripleTransAm]

Originally posted by Merc-O-matic
I had 6 rubber bands under the hood, but I sent them back to
Ford so they could be reused on the 2004 models. Also,
found a red rubber nipple in the air box under the air filter.
Hmmmm, maybe I'll keep that. Gotta Love it!


Heh heh ... he said 'nipple'... heh heh

[Jeff]

I thought they were for the squirrels.

[Zack]

Just found one on the e-brake release lever. I left it there.

[RCSignals]

someday, years from now, when you are 'restoring' your Marauder for concours show, you'll all wish you kept those original rubber bands.

[Silver_04]

The rubber bands haven't been decontented for '04. I just found one catching a ride on my shock tower today. Is this some courtesy thing, like if I'm reading the newspaper while working on the engine I don't have to get up to get a rubberband to roll the paper back up?

I'm beginning to think quality at Ford is Job #2 cause they really are stepping in it.

[Redster]

Yes they were/are there

[merc406]

someday, years from now, when you are 'restoring' your Marauder for concours show, you'll all wish you kept those original rubber bands.


RC's right, Barret Jackson will ask for all org. items offered and in their org. location's. :lol:

[rookie1]

I found one in mine, except it was just hanging out around one of the lines coming out of the engine. It wasn't holding anything in place, it was just sorta there. Removed with no negative results thus far! :)
ditto only there were 3 of them in different spots not really holding anything.
also when changing the rear speakers there were 2 additional seatbelt anchor nuts(the dreaded little crimped bastages) laying under the seat cushion and there were 4 extra speaker screws lying on the rear deck near each rear speaker....a total of 8 extra screws. Weird

[Donny Carlson]

The Ghost of Threads Past walks among us!!:cool4:

[martyo]

When changing the rear speakers there were 2 additional seatbelt anchor nuts(the dreaded little crimped bastages) laying under the seat cushion and there were 4 extra speaker screws lying on the rear deck near each rear speaker....a total of 8 extra screws. Weird
Personally, I think there is a satanic mesage buried in this pattern.....

[glassman99]

I upgraded my bands for a #4 high strength. I will have the dyno results soon but my seat-o-pants meter tells me she (the MM) is more responsive through first and second but winds out quicker at top end. :burnout:

[Silver_04]

The Ghost of Threads Past walks among us!!:cool4:

http://home.earthlink.net/~ctt9/images/sixth_sense.jpg

[martyo]

And you guys thought I was kidding about the statanic messages...

:lol:



http://home.earthlink.net/~ctt9/images/sixth_sense.jpg

[gilby04]

I had a total of four: three in the engine area and one on the rear seat belt. I don't really care for bland-colored beige rubber bands, so I returned 'em for a rebate. :P

Beige bands ?
Mine were DTR...I always save OEM parts !

[Big Joe P]

I've been working with Mac and Zack on a custom rubberband mod. It's 1/8th inch longer than the OEM ones . These will be available soon........

[CRUZTAKER]

Yeah, but how many of you found a rubber under the back seat? :nono:


I gotta get that shop vac replaced!! :lol:

[Petrograde]

Yeah, but how many of you found a rubber under the back seat? :nono:

:puke: ewwwwwwwwww!

[TooManyFords]

I've been working with Mac and Zack on a custom rubberband mod. It's 1/8th inch longer than the OEM ones . These will be available soon........
As long as it doesn't change the trajectory angle 2 degrees, we'll all be OK.
:D

[chapel1]

I like to leave rubber on the street.

[Donny Carlson]

Yeah, but how many of you found a rubber under the back seat? My ex wife borrowed my Silverado Pickup one weekend back when I was still lived in Houston, and the weekend after she returned it I found one behind the seat when I was retreiving a lit cigar I had dropped back there,

That's when I decided it was time to trade it in. :shake:

[martyo]

The weekend after she returned it I found one behind the seat...
Was it used?

[junehhan]

I was looking under the hood, and there is a rubber band holding my steering linkage to a heat shield on the exhaust manifold.
that one looks like its kind of cooked.
then there is another one up by the radiator.


While I don't have any rubber bands under the hood, someone did draw a big smiley face on the plastic shroud that covers over the radiator, and another smiley face on the black plastic cover over the ignition stuff that has a high voltage warning message on it. When I first saw these smiley faces, I didn't know what to think and was about to scratch them off as I thought it was a joke. However, I ultimately decided to leave them as it looks optmistic. It's always nice having something smiling at you when you open your hood :)

[frdwrnch]

You guys better leave well enough alone. I can smell an unexplained failure. The owner approaches the tech and asks "what happened?" Tech scratches and head and replys "looks like the rubber band broke!"

[Paul T. Casey]

I also had the same option.

[jstevens]

TSB #123654M addresses this condition, so rush over to your friendly MM dealer ASAP before they snap and suck up into the air intake and clog up the catalytic convertors.

Donald
This may be a dumb question, but where can you find TSB' at?

[Bluerauder]

TSB #123654M addresses this condition, so rush over to your friendly MM dealer ASAP before they snap and suck up into the air intake and clog up the catalytic convertors.

Donald
If you are finding rubber bands in your engine compartment, you must be racing too many ricers or trying to follow them too closely.
:lol:

[Go Mifuni]

Changed my oil a few weeks back and found one (rubber band, not a rubber) around the bottom radiator hose. I agree with the conspiracy theory :D

[stumpy]

I found one on my 93 T-Bird SC. I was going to the dealer the next morning anyway so I showed it to the service manager and asked, "what's the maintenance routine for this?" He just pulled it off and didn't say anything, although I could swear he mumbled something.

Must be something they do to aid in the assembly process. :shake:

[spotbearsd]

I found one rubber band around the oil filler cap.

[STLThunder]

Funniest thread yet! :lol: The latex news. Seems like everyone's trying to "stretch" this thread to the limit. Perhaps until it "snaps". As for me, I'll wind up the propeller on my rubber band powered balsa wood plane and fly off into the sunset.

[Donny Carlson]

Was it used?
Affirmative!:eek:

[woaface]

HA! Today, in an effort to change the way the engine looks, I took the "4.6L V8" plastic cover off. After cleaning a thing or two off, I found a baked azz rubber band! 42,000 miles and every kind of weather...and it was just hanging by a inch. It was hanging from the little wire that pulls back that metal thing when you step on the gas.:up:

[MENINBLK]

I found 4 under my hood.
The last one had a sign attached that said "Wind Here..." :lol:

[TripleTransAm]

This weekend, while I had the intake tract off my car to access my driver's side plugs, I found one.... wrapped nicely around my steering box as the shaft goes into it.

Funny I didn't ask for the "rubbery steering" option...

[MICA Racing]

Two under the hood so far, plus the rear seat belt - detailing this weekend and will spend hours underhood trying to find any others.

[Bradley G]

I think Ford is being haunted by the rubberband fairie cause i have seen many of these fat rubber bands on many different models over the years.:sleepy:

[jgc61sr2002]

I still have one rubber band on the rear seatbelt. :D

[jstevens]

I was looking at my dirty engine yesterday and had to cut 2 off.

Maybe there's a rebate if we save them.

[woaface]

Maybe there's a rebate if we save them.Mine has been there the longest...:shot:

[ap2003]

I had rubber bands around the coolant hoses...
To save weight, I took them off.

Unfortunately, I had to drain the radiator then remove the coolant hoses to get them off. ;)

ap

[drgnrdr33]

I found one around the rear seat belt latch. Also found one on each door lock knob under the door panels.

[woaface]

Well holy mother of thread resurection batman! I got this one going again didn't I:rolleyes:

[junehhan]

Well, I had the transmission flushed and had the filter changed this morning to find a plastic ziptie sitting in the bottom of the transmission pan :confused:

[TripleTransAm]

Well, I had the transmission flushed and had the filter changed this morning to find a plastic ziptie sitting in the bottom of the transmission pan :confused:

They're really going cheap on that damned C-clip, wouldn't ya think? :shake:

(seriously, I DO hope you were joking about that ziptie... if not, do you think they let the new Harness-Guy loose in the tranny shop without proper supervision and/or a hair-net?)

[junehhan]

Steve, I wish I was joking. I was having my local repair shop flush the tranny, and change the filter. I have known the owner for a long time, and I always walk back to watch them doing work on my car. I was watching him take the pan off and as he drains it, I hear him say, "What in the hell is this" to find that it's actually a plastic ziptie sitting on the bottom of the pan..............

[FlyinMerc]

Found two today. The first was on the parking brake release handle, the second was on engine passenger side around a chrome tube (sorry about lack of part name). I liberated the one in engine compartment with toe nail clippers, had concerns about fire and such. :fire: Still have the one on the parking brake though, not sure what to do about it. Any suggestions?
I was looking under the hood, and there is a rubber band holding my steering linkage to a heat shield on the exhaust manifold.
that one looks like its kind of cooked.
then there is another one up by the radiator.

[Redster]

Found two today. The first was on the parking brake release handle, the second was on engine passenger side around a chrome tube (sorry about lack of part name). I liberated the one in engine compartment with toe nail clippers, had concerns about fire and such. :fire: Still have the one on the parking brake though, not sure what to do about it. Any suggestions?

WARNING, WARNING. Do not remove rubber bands. They will be an essential item for judging at concours events. OEM.

[mpearce]

Just out of curiosity...and the length of this thread...I went out and looked at my car closely. I have found 2 rubber bands so far under the hood. One was under my oil filler cap acting like some sort of gasket I suppose? And the other was pinned inbetween the the joint in the steering column just jiggling freely. Anyone come up with an idea as to why they were there?

-Mat

[woaface]

I think there is exactly one person responsible for taking them off but doesn't care to. He's been in place at that plant for years and years now. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it!


Just out of curiosity...and the length of this thread...I went out and looked at my car closely. I have found 2 rubber bands so far under the hood. One was under my oil filler cap acting like some sort of gasket I suppose? And the other was pinned inbetween the the joint in the steering column just jiggling freely. Anyone come up with an idea as to why they were there?

-Mat
I found one on the new Grand Marquis! There were several on the old one too.

It was loosly located here, around that black shield thingy.

http://img226.echo.cx/img226/4950/21me.jpg

[Mike Poore]

Well holy mother of thread resurection batman! I got this one going again didn't I:rolleyes:
:eek: Hey! This one could rival the Buttermilk rant/thread. :woohoo:

Where's Tom, & BDJ? Time to reserect that puppy! ;)

[mpearce]

I think there is exactly one person responsible for taking them off but doesn't care to. He's been in place at that plant for years and years now. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it!


I found one on the new Grand Marquis! There were several on the old one too.

It was loosly located here, around that black shield thingy.

http://img226.echo.cx/img226/4950/21me.jpgJames...

I can't believe it took you over a year to respond to my post!

p.s. Just think...you can hunt for rubber bands when you get your new MM!

-Mat

[ckadiddle]

Is it time already for the yearly rubber band thread resurrection? How time flies.

[woaface]

And to think Mat, you took only a few moments to reply to mine:D

I can't wait to hunt down them wascally wubba bands in my Marada!

[Blackened300a]

I was almost ready to drive my car back through the dealers window when I Found 3 Rubber bands under the hood!!! WTF! Glad to see that Im not the only one with them.

I guess someone at the factory had a sence of humor or there was a massive rubberband fight going on! Seriously, I assume that they held something up during assembly and they assumed they would burn off. They assumed wrong!!

[njmarauder]

Amazing. Have never seen the rubber band threads before, but I bought a used MM about a year ago. Had 3k on it then. The back seat had at least 5 rubber bands, which I found to be totally strange until I opened up the hood and found at least 3 more. Chalked it up to a strange individual who previously owned the vehicle. First, to trade in the car after 3,000 miles, and second to have a rubber band fettish.


Thanks for the chuckle.

[Vortex]

Not sure about under the hood but there must be a box of em in my sub-woofer.

[Redster]

someday they will be required for a concurs MM

[DEFYANT]

Pretty funny!

We found rubber bands when we installed the Trilogy. I didnt think of posting here. I figured it was just a fluke thing. What purpose did they serve. Who put em there? Should I put em back?

[Rider90]

ZERO rubber bands on my car and I've had it since 7 miles.

[texascorvette]

They told me I could have rubber bands or a nice black jacket--so I took the jacket.

[Redster]

you will need the rubber bands for concours judging 20 years from now

[torinodan]

I wonder if this post will last as long as "My last post" or "Joke of the day". If it means anything to anyone, I have never found rubber bands on my car. Found some other stuff but I forgot what it was. I'll think about it someday and post it here.:rolleyes:

[bradical]

Came across this thread while searching for other things - but YES! I found and removed 3 rubber bands from my recently purchased machine. I was doing some deatiling and came across them. I guess the precious owner didn't get too incolved uner the hood... Don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing.

[Go Mifuni]

Came across this thread while searching for other things - but YES! I found and removed 3 rubber bands from my recently purchased machine. I was doing some deatiling and came across them. I guess the precious owner didn't get too incolved uner the hood... Don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing.

Shouldn't have done that. Now your warranty is voided. You may be able to get OEM replacements at Office Max before anyone notices. :laugh:

[magindat]

Found a couple fired rubber bands in the engine area. Found a tag twist tied to the rt rear shock. Removed all.
There goes my concourse trophy. Oh, wait I already got DQed for the paint and rims....