A few questions

[MarauderMarc]

Hello everyone, I am new on this site. I am a proud owner of a 03 MM. I have a few questions, hopefully this is where I can ask them all. First, does anybody have an issue with your tranny not shifting properly?? What I mean is when I am in drive and either push the od button to off, or I downshift from D to 2, my car most of the time wont go into 4th gear unless I shift it out and back into D once or twice....any ideas????? other than that, the car shifts and performs well like it should. Second, I am considering putting an off road x-pipe in my MM. I went to an exhaust shop and the tech advised me not to put something without cats on my car for it will not run correctly and my check engine light will go on. Is that true??? Should I just go with Reinharts full exhaust system and bore out the high flow cats???? What is the best exhaust setup for my merc??? And last, does anyone know of any MM clubs in Florida??? Preferably in the Palm Beach area??? Thank you all for your time and I am happy this site is here..........Marc

[MarauderMark]

Welcome to the site Marc and congrats on your purchase. I am sure others will chime in with answers to your questions .There are the Sunshine State Marauders here and they are a great bunch on guys so you'll be in good hands..

[cyclone03]

You'll find the rank and file members are not to keen on off road or bored out cats.
The high flow cats don't hold you back power wise.
Reinharts system is good,we also have the Kooks header kit with 2 1/2" high flow cats. and another header system I can't recall the name of.

You shifting problem was fairly normal to the first 300a's on the road.The shifter cable is not adjusted properly.

You'll get a lot of florida Members checking in with you soon....

[MarauderMark]

Reinharts system is good,we also have the Kooks header kit with 2 1/2" high flow cats. and another header system I can't recall the name of.


Here it is-
http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?threadid=18320

[MarauderMarc]

Wow, alot of replies so fast, alot of support here I can tell. Thank you all for your feedback and I look forward to hearing from the Sunshine State Marauders. HAIL THE MIGHTY MARAUDER!!!!!!!

[SergntMac]

You'll find the rank and file members are not to keen on off road or bored out cats.
The high flow cats don't hold you back power wise.
Reinharts system is good,we also have the Kooks header kit with 2 1/2" high flow cats. and another header system I can't recall the name of.

You shifting problem was fairly normal to the first 300a's on the road.The shifter cable is not adjusted properly.

You'll get a lot of florida Members checking in with you soon....
Jeeze, Lance, not even a crumb left behind. Bravo!

Welcome Mark...err, Marc.

[CRUZTAKER]

Your shifting problem was fairly normal to the first 300a's on the road.The shifter cable is not adjusted properly.

I concur...have the dealer you purchased it from ADJUST THE SHIFTER LINKAGE CABLE. If you cannot get the tranny to shift back into OD after you manually turned it off, or the occational refusal to shift into OD when the OD was on all along, and the only way to correct it is to stop the car, and shift into park and start over....it's the linkage.

ALSO:
The Marauder in general, particularly the '03's ALL have poor out of factory transmission shift EEC programming. This has nothing to do with mechanical parts, it's software, and the result is gear hunting at certain speeds, gear confusion when womping, and odd torque converter lockup/unlock points at even odder speeds. THIS is corrected with a specialized EEC flash, chip, or handheld tuner.

[Tallboy]

Welcome aboard, Marc! We meet at the Tower shops in Davie, on the 3rd Friday of the month. Attend one of these get-togethers and all your questions will be answered. I'm glad you were alerted to the shift cable. I've seen less knowledgable people tell members the transmission had to come apart. The guys here are the best-you'll love it!:)

[Bradley G]

Good Luck Marc!

Congrats on excellent choices! Getting a Marauder & comming on board!:beer:
You are located in one of the best represented areas!
Bradley G

[STLR FN]

You'll find that there is nothing reallly special about these Marauders. :rolleyes: Just alot of odd stares and stupid questions as to what is it.

But enjoy the site and Welcome aboard.:banana:

[SouLRioT]

MarauderMarc, as everyone else has said Florida has the Sunshine State Marauders, Click here for our Forum (http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=48) Hope to see you at one of the many meets.

[RoyLPita]

Welcome aboard, Marc. Enjoy the site and your new ride.

[Bluerauder]

Hello everyone, I am new on this site. I am a proud owner of a 03 MM. I have a few questions, hopefully this is where I can ask them all. ... "snip"... Thank you all for your time and I am happy this site is here..........Marc
Welcome :welcome: to the MM.Net, Marc :up: and Happy Maraudering !!! If you have questions .... this is the place for answers.

[ckadiddle]

Greetings Marc. We also have a local Orlando area Bunch Of Marauders also, if you ever travel up to central Florida area. Some of the guys from the south SSM have come up to meet us, they are great to hang out with.