The part in the picture is?

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total guess. never seen that bugger before.

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

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.

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Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club group

I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

what do we win if we get it?

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77' 300D, "Cartman" SOLD @ 150K (didn't know what I had)
83' 300SD, "The Superdon" 325k+ @ 28mpg
95 E320 wagon, "Millennium Falcon" 231k+ @ 24 Mpg
95 E300D, "Sherley" 308k @ 33.69 Mpg, currently anticipating a head
99 Suzuki Intruder "Trudy" @ 45 mpg

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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1983 123.133 California
- GreaseCar Veg System

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

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

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?

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Willing is not enough, we must do." Goethe

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1951 Chevy 3100

2003 Indian Chief Roadmaster

1983 GMC 1 ton Dually

1982 Chevy 1 ton Dually, service body (sold)

'90 GMC Suburban 6.2 "SS Veg-Burban"
(single tank WVO\diesel conversion) SOLD

'81 300D ~ Mama's car...my job (now my car)(but still my job) SOLD

'83 300sd ~ rescue car SOLD

2005 Ford Taurus (Mama's new car)(NOT my job!)

That was easy. Replaced mine just last month.

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1991 560 SEL / 185k miles
1992 750il / 17k miles - project car

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

-J

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1991 350SDL. 230,000 miles (new motor @ 150,000). Blown head gasket

Tesla Model 3. 205,000 miles. Been to 48 states!
Past: A fleet of VW TDIs.... including a V10,a Dieselgate Passat, and 2 ECOdiesels.
2014 Cadillac ELR
2013 Fiat 500E.

Modulator!

Whatever it is it is better than the upbeat news Hunter has been posting about Detroit reciently. 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. Your description of how to remove them may be accurate. I am not old enough to question your technique.

I'm with VS.

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85 300D 3 pedal. Current project.
83 300TD (need rear wiper assembly dead or alive)
84 300SD Daily driver
85 300TD almost 400k miles and driven daily.
98 E300D *sold
86 300SDL *sold and made flawless 10 hour journey to new home.

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.