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Found in engine bay... what is it?
After using my magnet-on-a-stick to fish out the hex wrench I dropped, I ran it around the engine bay to see what else it would find.
Any ideas what this is? It's 1/2" across and 5/16" tall. The middle seems to be a hard rubber or nylon and there's a split ring around the middle. |
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03-15-2002, 08:15 AM
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That's the hyphenator- happagenator valve for an '83 Buick Regal. It supplies oil to the muffler bearings.
Seriously though, it looks a bit like the snout attachment of a harmonic balancer puller/steering wheel puller.
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03-15-2002, 08:58 AM
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its a burning ring of fire, thats been extinguished
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03-15-2002, 09:00 AM
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We're a big help ...............
I'm going to guess it's a fuel injector seal. I have 8 of them in a "junk" drawer from a 924, 15 years ago. But they aren't metal, they're fiber. Wait for Mr. Walker to give us the real answer. 
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Cary 77 Carrera RS w/3.2 #59 73 914S 2.0 AG 73 914 1.7 Driver ( daily driver, under complete rustoration ) 74 914 2.0, 71 914 Tub, 74 914 2.0 Tub + 73 914 donor Last edited by cary; 03-15-2002 at 11:48 AM.. |
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03-15-2002, 10:26 AM
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i'm still thinking. an injector seal for a 73-74 cis looks a lot like that, but longer. is that an o ring in the notch?
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03-15-2002, 10:38 AM
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if it were aluminum, it looks a lot like the CO adjuster block-off plug for a carrera air flow meter, with that metal circlip, but they had no step. what year is the car?
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03-15-2002, 10:40 AM
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It's an '84.
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03-15-2002, 01:52 PM
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That is a muffler bearing, duh!
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03-15-2002, 02:15 PM
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It looks like a short tube-type thingie with a black band around the middle. You guys are so slow!
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03-15-2002, 02:51 PM
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Well, If your car has mfi on it that piece of rubber is a cap that fits on the back of your mfi pump. It covers the little port that you can manually move the pump rack with. I only remember as I just cleaned out my pump a few hundred miles ago.
If you don't have mfi, I suppose it is a titanium kryptonite cookie! Dennis H. 72 911E |
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03-15-2002, 02:51 PM
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Lee, other than what it is, I think it's more important to know what it's worth?
"Off a Porsche 911 did you say!" It's probably worth a small fortune on ebay. |
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03-15-2002, 03:03 PM
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Be careful not to lose it!
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03-15-2002, 03:23 PM
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I can say with some certainty that the object is a "teddy bear's ars@~ole", well maybe a replacement module.
 
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03-15-2002, 03:25 PM
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this is the thingie on the back side of the water pump. Come on guys, muffler bearings don't have a split ring
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03-16-2002, 04:02 AM
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Looks like a Johnson rod sleeve to me. Make sure it is properly lubricated with Mobil 1 before putting it back on.
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03-16-2002, 08:04 AM
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"teddy bear's ars@~ole", . .?
"Looks like a Johnson rod sleeve to me. ". . .? Guys, TMI! (TMI ->Too Much Information)
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03-16-2002, 08:55 AM
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the 23 car
domino
1983 Porsche 944 2.5 
1984 Porsche 3.2 carrera cabriolet 3.2
