Ever figure out what holds our motors togther?

[offroadkarter]

Today i did,


Rubber bands!!!!!





And yes it REALLY is wrapped around, i had to cut it off to get it out of the back of the engine.
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[knine]

The car will never, never run right again.

[MarauderMark]

i had to cut it off to get it out of the back of the engine.

Oh oh , now you,ve done it..

[KillJoy]

Yup.... people have been finding these left over assy parts in their MM's since they were new.

:up:

KillJoy

[offroadkarter]

The car will never, never run right again.


Nope, i backed it up closer to the curb since some soccer mom almost took off my mirror in her pacifica, and it ran fine, better than ever. I shed about 2 grams of weight to!

[cyclopsram]

Those assembly line rubber bands keep assemblies from flying around when the car is being put together, sometimes you see them hanging all over the place...most of the time, the rubber duckies have eaten them by delivery.

[bigjon]

how much do you want for it? i may be able to salvage it and sell it on ebay. :)

[n00bkiller944]

Good job Offroadkarter now your car will never work again...

[MarauderTJA]

Good job Offroadkarter now your car will never work again...

Now that he found it, messed with it, the car will much...S L O W E R.....:D Its a karma thing...

[sabtaj1]

Yep, you really messed up now. I oil mine at every oil change. Mine are still like new. Really helps with the value of the car.

[ncmm]

the secret's out. . .now Ricers will be doing this to be cool

[Raudermaster]

Only the DTR's had those....slower options! :D

[Joe Walsh]

JEEZ......Almost as bad as cutting off the mattress tag!!!

[offroadkarter]

Oh dont worry, im getting a 40% polyethylene 60% rubber rubber band that will help increase speed 15% and give me a 20hp increase. :D

[GordonB]

offroadkarter,
Do you not realize by now that you have severely devalued your MM by cutting off the rubber bands? Those were genuine FORD assembly line connectors. Without them, people in the know will KNOW that you do not have an all original MM!
Just kiddin' of course! I've removed several sets off my cars!
BTW, there IS ONE mod you may need to do to protect your wiring harness -- cut a short piece of 3/8" gas line hose and place it over a sharp edge just left of center under the hood near the firewall -- follow the wiring harness and you should find it. BTW, if you are just finding the rubber bands, then you need to do this mod IMMEDIATELY.
Enjoy your car!
GordonB

[jonroe]

It ought to be great fun for the restorers 20 years from now to replicate those rubber bands. It WON'T be original without them!

[offroadkarter]

offroadkarter,
Do you not realize by now that you have severely devalued your MM by cutting off the rubber bands? Those were genuine FORD assembly line connectors. Without them, people in the know will KNOW that you do not have an all original MM!
Just kiddin' of course! I've removed several sets off my cars!
BTW, there IS ONE mod you may need to do to protect your wiring harness -- cut a short piece of 3/8" gas line hose and place it over a sharp edge just left of center under the hood near the firewall -- follow the wiring harness and you should find it. BTW, if you are just finding the rubber bands, then you need to do this mod IMMEDIATELY.
Enjoy your car!
GordonB


Ill take a look see when i get back from NC. Do you have any pictures of where this would be located? Its to dark to look now :)

[n00bkiller944]

Oh dont worry, im getting a 40% polyethylene 60% rubber rubber band that will help increase speed 15% and give me a 20hp increase. :D

mmm impressive, yet still not as much rwhp as those police interceptor badges will get you...

[offroadkarter]

mmm impressive, yet still not as much rwhp as those police interceptor badges will get you...


Type R's give you more, but i think ill stay with ford and get cobra badges, they max out the hp and tq

[GordonB]

offroadkarter,
I don't have digital pics to upload for you. When you have time, in the bright sunshine, open hood and look left of the power brake booster and and you should see the 1" thick wiring harness. There is a metal lip on a support bracket that sticks out and can chafe the wiring -- that lip is what needs covering with a split piece of gas or heater hose.
GordonB

[magindat]

No concourse shows for you, now!!!!

[offroadkarter]

offroadkarter,
I don't have digital pics to upload for you. When you have time, in the bright sunshine, open hood and look left of the power brake booster and and you should see the 1" thick wiring harness. There is a metal lip on a support bracket that sticks out and can chafe the wiring -- that lip is what needs covering with a split piece of gas or heater hose.
GordonB


Ok ill take a look


No concourse shows for you, now!!!!


Then no soup for you!




Should i attempt to reattach it around the original location?

[SC Cheesehead]

OFK,

Ooooooooooooooh, that was a big mistake, only the ultra-rare 300C models came equipped with engine bands. Of the six or so produced, all were produced in '04, and,all were DTRs except for 1 SB.

Had one myself, didn't realize how rare it was until after I wrecked the car.

Managed to salvage the rubber band before the car was junked, and tried installing it on my Blue, but couldn't get it to work properly, apparently some sort of interface problem.

SCCH

[knine]

Should i attempt to reattach it around the original location?
No. But you can get some really nice quality aftermarket ones from places like "office Depot". They come in "mass quantity" bags, so you can share with all your friends here !! :)

[ckadiddle]

OFK,

Ooooooooooooooh, that was a big mistake, only the ultra-rare 300C models came equipped with engine bands. Of the six or so produced, all were produced in '04, and,all were DTRs except for 1 SB.

Had one myself, didn't realize how rare it was until after I wrecked the car.

Managed to salvage the rubber band before the car was junked, and tried installing it on my Blue, but couldn't get it to work properly, apparently some sort of interface problem.

SCCH

Wrong computer code, there, eh? :lol:

[offroadkarter]

No. But you can get some really nice quality aftermarket ones from places like "office Depot". They come in "mass quantity" bags, so you can share with all your friends here !! :)


I think im gonna have to shoot for a polyeurorubber mix, i hear they last longer.

Guess i soulda left it on, oh well.

[Steve_NC]

Group Buy on authentic reproduction bands. If we can get 100 people to preorder they will only be 29.95 each.
Nice job on breaking your power band. The stock shift point from 1st to 2nd will now be even more crappy.

[offroadkarter]

Group Buy on authentic reproduction bands. If we can get 100 people to preorder they will only be 29.95 each.
Nice job on breaking your power band. The stock shift point from 1st to 2nd will now be even more crappy.


It was cracking, it was time to change it again.

[n00bkiller944]

OFK,

Ooooooooooooooh, that was a big mistake, only the ultra-rare 300C models came equipped with engine bands. Of the six or so produced, all were produced in '04, and,all were DTRs except for 1 SB.

Had one myself, didn't realize how rare it was until after I wrecked the car.

Managed to salvage the rubber band before the car was junked, and tried installing it on my Blue, but couldn't get it to work properly, apparently some sort of interface problem.

SCCH



:lol::lol::lol::lol: much respect on that i cant stop laughing

[Richy04]

I just looked up the replacement, they changed the parts ID on it several times but the list is $72.04, my guess is you can get it from someone here for about 60 bucks, check with one of the vendors on the main page. They are on back order though so dont expect one anytime soon..

[offroadkarter]

I just looked up the replacement, they changed the parts ID on it several times but the list is $72.04, my guess is you can get it from someone here for about 60 bucks, check with one of the vendors on the main page. They are on back order though so dont expect one anytime soon..

did they come on 03's blacks or 04 SB's?theres an SB around cary and if i see it ill pry the hood open and take it ;)

[merc6]

What was the part # for it? I don't want to get a honda vtec SiR one by mistake.