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01-18-2003, 11:14 PM
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What is this part?
I found this knob laying in the low spot behind my headlights, on the drivers side.
What could it be? The back side has a threaded hole. I hope this isn't too easy for you folks....
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01-18-2003, 11:18 PM
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Hard to tell how big it is from the picture, but looks like the cap nut for the power steering resevoir.
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01-18-2003, 11:27 PM
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It's an inch tall and less than an inch and a quarter wide at the base.
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01-18-2003, 11:40 PM
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I agree with Paul. Looks a lot like the nut for the power steering resevior cap...
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01-18-2003, 11:43 PM
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Yes cap for the power steering pump. Mine doesn't have such a nut. It has a wing nut..?
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01-19-2003, 06:37 AM
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it is the
cap for the power steering pump reservoir.
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01-19-2003, 09:31 AM
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Thanks folks.
The previous owner must have replaced it with a locking nut for some reason...
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01-19-2003, 09:43 AM
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When I started to change a headlight bulb on my wagon I found that it could be done without tools... there were very big , nice, hand friendly nuts back there.. and it sounds like directly above where you found this nut.... might check that.....
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01-19-2003, 11:27 AM
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I agree with Leathermang, I think it has something to do with the headlights. Look closely at the pic and you can see a double-ended arrow on the top of the knob.
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#11
01-19-2003, 12:00 PM
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Isn't this the knob for the headlights?
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01-19-2003, 02:25 PM
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Yes you're right Holson, but that isn't a power steering nut is it ? I have to go look at my car and see. I know I've seen that somewhere under the hood
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01-19-2003, 02:37 PM
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Holson, I was just guessing... I turn 54 tomorrow so I am pleading senile dementia for an excuse...I was smart enough to add the qualifier " might check that"....
 I guess my eyes are going too... because I can't see any double ended arrow in the picture.. 
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01-19-2003, 05:39 PM
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I knew I saw it under the hood somewhere, but I was thinking of the wrong car. My 300D has a wingnut on the PS pump, my 300CE has a knob just like the top picture, so I guess that makes me both a wingnut AND a knob
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01-19-2003, 05:54 PM
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It sounds like they've changed the type of nut they used for the power steering resevior over the years, but, down to the arrows, that's exactly what I have on my '85...and, although I could be wrong, I don't remember ever seeing a nut like that anywhere else...
JUst my $.04 
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