Had new rear axle housing ends put on my 9-inch, upgraded to 40-spline gun drilled Strange Engineering setup. New Strange HD Pro aluminum bolt-thru carrier with 3.70 gears and lightened spool. Strange low profile calipers and two-piece rotors. Also added Billet Specialties 15x14 double beadlock Winlites.
04 MERCURY MARAUDER build date:02/11/04ITS ALIVE !!!!!!!!
STAY TUNED!!!!!!!!!!
**WHIPPLE 4.0L CRUSHER!**0000 (FOR NOW) RWHP
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SOLD 12/31/2021
Cobra short block / ProCharger F1-A / Cog drive upgrade / Manley valves / Brian Tooley Racing valve springs / 80# inj. / -8 fuel line / -6 return / Aeromotive 340 pumps and regulator / 2012 GT500 TR6060 six speed / twin disc clutch / Driveshaft Shop GT500 upgraded CV joint shaft / BA5000 blow thru MAF/ 4.10's / Ford Racing 31 spline set up and Girdle / Metco D.S. safety loop / Stainless Works headers, cats, and everything else out back / ClassGlass hood / Bob's hood strut mod / Hurst line lock / Metco control arms / Addco front and rear sway bars / Monroe severe duty shocks all around / Race concepts rotors / Badgeless grille / 35% tint / FBM's interior LED kit and ambient lighting kit / Pioneer FB700 deck / kenwood speaker 4 Ch. / Rockford Fosgate 10" sub and amp / Kicker 6 X 8's all around / back up cam / bluetooth / Pioneer Xm / 704 RWHP 603 RWTQ tuned by Mo's Speedshop.
#1 Factory one died at 51k.
#2 Got a stock replacement from John (TooManyFords). I botched a j-mod with the screen and bent the separator plate and the one piston was upside down. Blew out 3rd and 4th gear.
#3 built unit from Eric lasted 191 miles. Lost all forward gears
#4 Eric mans up and rebuilds it at no cost, trying to make things better. I applaud him for this action. But it never had 4th gear.
#5 75k mile unit out of a CV LX sport (from a friend) Only because I just want to friggin drive my stupid limited edition paperweight.
-ryan s.
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2003 Mercury Marauder "It's seriously been broken more than it's been driven"
Build date:6/18/02
Adopted: 4/1/06
#1548
Stuff. Plus an Eaton M112 awaiting install. 63k
2008 Lincoln Navigator L 225k
1993 Ford Crown Vic HPP "Tank Of Justice III" (TOJ 3) 194k WAP PI swap, J-Mod, Steeda under drives, and stuff 29mpg/578miles per tank
Current Garage:
2005 Mustang GT Premium
2019 Ranger Lariat Super Crewcab 4WD
2015 Triumph Trophy SE
“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey
SOLD 12/31/2021
Cobra short block / ProCharger F1-A / Cog drive upgrade / Manley valves / Brian Tooley Racing valve springs / 80# inj. / -8 fuel line / -6 return / Aeromotive 340 pumps and regulator / 2012 GT500 TR6060 six speed / twin disc clutch / Driveshaft Shop GT500 upgraded CV joint shaft / BA5000 blow thru MAF/ 4.10's / Ford Racing 31 spline set up and Girdle / Metco D.S. safety loop / Stainless Works headers, cats, and everything else out back / ClassGlass hood / Bob's hood strut mod / Hurst line lock / Metco control arms / Addco front and rear sway bars / Monroe severe duty shocks all around / Race concepts rotors / Badgeless grille / 35% tint / FBM's interior LED kit and ambient lighting kit / Pioneer FB700 deck / kenwood speaker 4 Ch. / Rockford Fosgate 10" sub and amp / Kicker 6 X 8's all around / back up cam / bluetooth / Pioneer Xm / 704 RWHP 603 RWTQ tuned by Mo's Speedshop.
2003 Mercury Marauder "It's seriously been broken more than it's been driven"
Build date:6/18/02
Adopted: 4/1/06
#1548
Stuff. Plus an Eaton M112 awaiting install. 63k
2008 Lincoln Navigator L 225k
1993 Ford Crown Vic HPP "Tank Of Justice III" (TOJ 3) 194k WAP PI swap, J-Mod, Steeda under drives, and stuff 29mpg/578miles per tank
Did a radiator, thermostat, and hoses on a customer's aviator. Naturally did a test drive afterward. Not a bad little vehicle. Would be cool if it were supercharged. Wonder if there's any out there that are. Will add to my lottery list.
Definitely way better than my stepfather's v6 exploder.
Finished the transmission install. No leaks. Runs and drives well, minus the speedo being waaaay off. (04 trans in an 03). I'm already talking with Marty about getting the correction tune for it.
I cannot wait to drive it.
-ryan s.
2003 Mercury Marauder "It's seriously been broken more than it's been driven"
Build date:6/18/02
Adopted: 4/1/06
#1548
Stuff. Plus an Eaton M112 awaiting install. 63k
2008 Lincoln Navigator L 225k
1993 Ford Crown Vic HPP "Tank Of Justice III" (TOJ 3) 194k WAP PI swap, J-Mod, Steeda under drives, and stuff 29mpg/578miles per tank
Oil change, and battery terminal repair
Before:
Drilled 5/16" hole in remaining copper:
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Yesterday, I was sitting in traffic with my nephew, when all of a sudden the car gave off a loud bang! Instinctively, I exclaimed "What the **** was that??".
Started hearing and intermittent, short-lived clacking sound, loud af! Pulled over, shut 'er off, popped the hood and had a looksee. Nothing glaringly obvious. Fire it back up, wait for the noise - started thinking timing chain guides. Not too serious, let's ignore and deal with it later.
Get back into traffic (we had the Caribana parade here yesterday, so every road in the southern half of the city was clogged), get halfway to the next light when I notice the coolant temperature climbing. Okay, now we have a real problem.
Pull over again, pop the hood. Let it run while watching. Put my hand on the fan shroud, and voilá... distinct vibration sync'ed with the clacking noise. **** it down. Peer through the gap between the fan shroud and the top of the rad, while giving 'er the reach around. Spin it until I see what looks like a crack on the outer ring of the fan blade. Confirm. Then, pause to figure out what to do. Patch it or park it and deal with it later.
There's a school parking lot with shade right near where we pulled over, so I move the car over there. With a close look, realize only 2 bolts hold the fan and shroud in place, and luckily they're 5/16" or maybe 10 mm... idk, but I carry a 5/16" for hose clamps, and that does the trick, for the fan shroud mounting bolts as well as the coolant expansion tank and power steering reservoir - thank you Ford!
Next question is how to remove the shroud from the engine bay without disconnecting the very hot coolant hoses... lifting straight out doesn't work, but rotating the shroud - which is rectangular, not square - does, albeit with some finaggling around the expansion tank return hose.
Got the shroud out. Place it on the engine, plug it back in and test to verify. Yep. Also, noticed wear on the fan blade ring on one side of the crack, where it was striking the shroud.
Remove the fan blade from the motor with a hammer-wrench and aformentioned nut-driver.
Pull out my 20 year old roll of Nascar-grade duct tape, grab a golf course pencil, wrap it tightly around the crack (to add rigidity), re-attach the fan blade and give 'er another test. Starts off okay, but returns to the loud af clacking within a few minutes.
Remove and inspect. The mass of the pencil was too great, at high fan rpms deforming the tape and pushing outwards into the shroud.
Take 2: duct tape alone, no stiffening material. This works much better.
Re-install shroud, and get back on our way. Clacking continues, but is much much quieter, and the engine does not overheat. Arrive at our destination, none the worse for some grime on my hands and face (it was 30 Celsius yesterday).
Interesting story. Didn't realize it got that hot up in your neck of the woods.
Did the exhaust on stepdads exploder today(technically yesterday).
Needed muffler and tailpipe. Dealership quoted 11-1300$(and he works there).
"Well, the flange for the muffler pipe is bad and it will need the y pipe too."
Incorrect. You guys need a welder and someone who knows how to use it.
Parts from napa: <$200. Did it on the ground in the driveway in a few hrs while also helping my younger brother rebuild a carb.
The biggest surprise was the napa muffler is actually stainless.
Sunday - Replaced the cooling fans in the wife's Charger. The ring around one fan split causing a very loud clicking noise. Ordered new assembly from Rock Auto (used 5% off), around $100.00 with shipping. Old one came out with no problem - 2 bolts, was a B***h getting new one in because the motors are about a 1/2 inch taller.
Changed the oil on the Marauder and fixed parking brake release handle. Replaced the Marauder's battery last Monday. Got 87 months out of a 52 month DieHard battery. Replaced with another DieHard.
“When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.”
Ronald Regan
"The only way to deal with the Islamic State - these blood thirsty, blood-drunken, terrorists -
is to kill them, keep on killing them, until you kill the last one, then you kill his pet goat."
Lt. Colonel Ralph Peters
“Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.”
"I come in peace. I didn't bring artillery. But I'm pleading with you, with tears in my eyes, if you **** with me, I'll kill you all"
General James Mattis
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