#1. Test your MB parts knowledge
 

The part in the picture is?

total guess. never seen that bugger before.

Hmmm,
This is a hard one Roy!!
Have never seen either before.
The one on the left is oily & its not atf. 1& 4 are unlikely. I didnt know they had speed sensors in air con comps. so i am going with a diff speed sensor.
The part on the right has me stumped completely.

what do we win if we get it?

Do I hear a prize? Lucky for me I've seen this part before and was first to vote on it!





Sooooo, what do we get Roy?

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I've never seen one either but to me it looks like something that has been immerced in gasoline.

It's non of the above.

It's actually a reverse girdle spring retaining knob. Usually found inside the magnesium plated, forward compartment, of a retro encabulator. Fairly hard part to replace since not only do the girdle springs have to be removed but also the retro encabulator itself has to be removed from the power unit.

Where's the "I don't know" button on the poll?:o

That was easy. Replaced mine just last month.

The prefabulated baseplate is a bugger to remove sometimes as well. But it's a dooable job.

-J

Modulator!

Whatever it is it is better than the upbeat news Hunter has been posting about Detroit reciently.:rolleyes: Like almost everywhere the good news never seems to gather much media attention.

I can only hope there is some good news in that area as well. We are all too aware of the many bad issues.

You are showing your age if dealing with girdles.:D Your description of how to remove them may be accurate. I am not old enough to question your technique.

I'm with VS.

Once again I have to deffer to this older gentlemans experience. I am only sixty eight. I thought I knew a lot about bottom ends but obviously I still have many things to learn.