Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications Duratec Maintenance Finally did throttle hang/moose fix ;) And ?s

I've owned my 98 Contour since 01/99, and I finally got around to doing the throttle hang/moose fix! The throttle hang never bothered me that much but the moose would happen when it was hot, especially when my KKM intake was installed.

I was in the hardware store today and got a 1/2" pipe cap and a 3/8" pipe cap because I couldn't remember the right size. The 1/2" inch one I managed to drop down in the back of the engine compartment somewhere and I could not find it after 15 minutes of searching.

I saw the air comes from the big accordian pipe and splits 2 ways, one is about a 12" long dead end and the other goes into a silver saucer shaped thing (ok, I don't know what it is.) So, I used the 3/8" cap and instead put it in the hose coming from the accordian tube. I drilled a 3/16" hole IIRC. Seems to run fine, and no moosing so far.

My questions are, should it matter if I put it in the hose coming from the accordion tube and before the juncion, and what is that dead-end pipe coming from the junction for?