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offroadkarter
10-20-2007, 06:00 PM
Before i start, i'd like to say i DID search this, but i still have questions.


First off, i only found 2 threads that really talk about removing the silencer.

What i'd like to know is, A. What would be the best thing i can find to plug the hole up? I saw one guy used like a plumbing cap or something.


Also, how do you get the stupid clamp off? Its like crimped on.

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e185/offroadkarter/My%20Marauder/PA040015.jpg


I'd like to do something to my car :)
Zack
10-20-2007, 06:05 PM
2" pvc cap
cut the clamp off
ChiTownMaraud3r
10-20-2007, 06:06 PM
Ryan I contemplated messing with this too, but then also didnt know how to take the clamp off without destroying it. I guess any lid from a jar that relative size would work.
ctrlraven
10-20-2007, 06:15 PM
Yep just get a pair of metal cutters cut the band and pull the silencer out. I used a cap off a jar of zip ties that I got somewhere a long time ago. If you want the cap I had just PM me your address and I'll send it to you since I have a JLT now and won't ever put the stock tube back on.
offroadkarter
10-20-2007, 06:40 PM
Yep just get a pair of metal cutters cut the band and pull the silencer out. I used a cap off a jar of zip ties that I got somewhere a long time ago. If you want the cap I had just PM me your address and I'll send it to you since I have a JLT now and won't ever put the stock tube back on.



Got a picture?


Should i use bolt cutters? I dont have any small metal cutters, but i do have a huge *** bolt cutter that could cut a honda in half ;)
ctrlraven
10-20-2007, 07:03 PM
Yeah I'm actually about to head out and I'll swing by my shop and take a quick picture of it for you so you can see.
offroadkarter
10-20-2007, 07:30 PM
Yeah I'm actually about to head out and I'll swing by my shop and take a quick picture of it for you so you can see.


Danke sehr :)
MM03MOK
10-20-2007, 09:53 PM
http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3625

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=6438

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=4996

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=18158

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=17597

http://www.jif.com/products/images/5150024191.gif
offroadkarter
10-20-2007, 09:58 PM
I hate peanut butter, espically JIF!

Next :D
Blackmobile
10-21-2007, 07:51 AM
Got a picture?


Here's what mine looked like after I replaced it.
http://www.mercurymarauder.net/showcase/files/3/9/6/9/DSCN0008.JPG
larryo340
10-21-2007, 09:44 AM
Just curious here, how much does the sound change?
Black_Noise
10-21-2007, 03:26 PM
buy a jlt intake
offroadkarter
10-21-2007, 03:30 PM
buy a jlt intake


I will when i have the money
offroadkarter
10-21-2007, 03:31 PM
Here's what mine looked like after I replaced it.
http://www.mercurymarauder.net/showcase/files/3/9/6/9/DSCN0008.JPG


Where did you get that? Also whats the bolt for?
ChiTownMaraud3r
10-21-2007, 04:10 PM
Here's what mine looked like after I replaced it.
http://www.mercurymarauder.net/showcase/files/3/9/6/9/DSCN0008.JPG

Yeah that looks pretty bad ass.
Blackmobile
10-21-2007, 04:14 PM
Where did you get that? Also whats the bolt for?

It's a 3" plug from Home Depot, with a band clamp to ensure a tight fit. The wing nut is how it's tightened up.
offroadkarter
10-21-2007, 04:26 PM
Ill go take a look next time im there, thanks ;)
ctrlraven
10-21-2007, 07:55 PM
What it looks like with a cap on. After I put the cap on I ended up painting the intake tube because the cap was white and looked really out of place, once painted it looked like it was part of the tube.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a164/ctrlraven/DSCF1366Small.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a164/ctrlraven/DSCF1367Small.jpg
VAmarauder03
10-21-2007, 08:04 PM
personally just wait and buy a jlt....what happens a couple years down the road if you choose to sell your car or trade it in, wouldnt you rather have the stock intake tube to throw on there if you traded the car in?
ChiTownMaraud3r
10-21-2007, 08:28 PM
So most of you guys would go with a jlt, over say a K&N?
RCSignals
10-21-2007, 10:26 PM
It's a 3" plug from Home Depot, with a band clamp to ensure a tight fit. The wing nut is how it's tightened up.

Yes it's a common plumbing test plug. That expanded with the band clamp for added rigidity should work very well.
cyclopsram
10-22-2007, 12:50 AM
It is an expandible rubber plug which is increased in diameter by tightening the wing nut. As used to repair rusted out core plugs and stuff like that... Similar to a Cummins engine oil fill hole plug.
Blackmobile
10-22-2007, 04:00 AM
So most of you guys would go with a jlt, over say a K&N?

Ah, no. K&N works fine for me.
RF Overlord
10-22-2007, 06:30 AM
So most of you guys would go with a jlt, over say a K&N?We have a number of choices, available from mm.net vendors:

JLT from Jay Tucker

PHP from Dennis

K&N from Lidio

All of the above will give excellent service.
1of327
10-22-2007, 07:13 AM
It's called a silencer? What does it silence? If it makes her Growl more...I'm all about it...
RF Overlord
10-22-2007, 08:01 AM
Its technical name is a Helmholz Resonator. It's designed to dampen the acoustic pulses created by the engine in the intake tract to reduce noise.

Part of Ford's NVH testing (Noise, Vibration, and Harshness). God forbid that Grandpa, who's hard-of-hearing anyway, should detect some sound from under the hood and think his car is defective. Ford applied the same reasoning when they made all their oil pressure gauges non-functional. :shake: