have you found rubberbands in your engine compartment

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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:
 
junehhan said:
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:
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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?)
 
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..............
 
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?
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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.
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FlyinMerc said:
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?
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WARNING, WARNING. Do not remove rubber bands. They will be an essential item for judging at concours events. OEM.
 
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 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!

mpearce said:
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
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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.

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

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

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James...

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
 
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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!
 
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!!
 
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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.
 
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?
 
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