Name that rusty part

jsrnsis · Post by **jsrnsis** » 22 Jul 2023, 14:08

abscate wrote: ↑22 Jul 2023, 03:22 Number 3

The abilities of "previous owner" to do things wrong will never fail to amaze me.

Post by **FireFox31** » 23 Jul 2023, 15:31

jsrnsis wrote: ↑21 Jul 2023, 23:47 This might be cheating but it's still something you could figure out:
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This sort of abject destruction is why I started this thread. The less identifiable, the better.

#1 - Inside the rear (right?) frame rail with the bumper removed.
#2 - Rear left caliper outer piston. What happened to that boot?
#3 - Don't know, these cropped images make it tricky.
#4 - Those pins suggest it's the remains of the rocker panels. Wow I have to check mine.
#5 - Don't know, I'm scared of P80 AWD.

Post by **scot850** » 23 Jul 2023, 19:38

I agree with Firefox on #1,2,4. #3, no idea but home made fix. Almost looks like an ABS sensor. #5 is a broken Prob-shaft center mount.

Neil.

jsrnsis · Post by **jsrnsis** » 23 Jul 2023, 22:20

FireFox31 wrote: ↑23 Jul 2023, 15:31
jsrnsis wrote: ↑21 Jul 2023, 23:47 This might be cheating but it's still something you could figure out:
20230628_134724.jpg
This sort of abject destruction is why I started this thread. The less identifiable, the better.

#1 - Inside the rear (right?) frame rail with the bumper removed.
#2 - Rear left caliper outer piston. What happened to that boot?
#3 - Don't know, these cropped images make it tricky.
#4 - Those pins suggest it's the remains of the rocker panels. Wow I have to check mine.
#5 - Don't know, I'm scared of P80 AWD.

scot850 wrote: ↑23 Jul 2023, 19:38 I agree with Firefox on #1,2,4. #3, no idea but home made fix. Almost looks like an ABS sensor. #5 is a broken Prob-shaft center mount.

Neil.

Bingo on 1,2, and 4, even got the correct sides. No idea how someone could let a caliper get that bad, but would you believe that the pads and rotors were new? The thing was locked up solid.
#3 is the bottom of the rear shock mount. They snapped the head off the original bolt, drilled it out completely in the wrong spot, just stuck a bolt in the hole that now spins freely, and then used two sheet metal screws.
That last picture is what happens when the center support mount catches a trailer when unloading, ripping it right off the car. It was described as simply needing a new center support bearing.

Post by **foggydogg** » 24 Jul 2023, 11:38

jsrnsis wrote: ↑21 Jul 2023, 23:47

And finally, guess what the seller described this rusty part carnage as in his description: (best viewed upside down...)
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It doesn't necessarily need a trailer scrape to end up on the ground...

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Everything else under the car was spotless; when I pulled the last two bolts, the whole mess hit me in the face.

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I have carefully preserved all of it for Dr. Abscate's next visit.

jsrnsis · Post by **jsrnsis** » 03 Aug 2023, 13:32

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Car part or civil war battlefield metal detector find?

Post by **scot850** » 03 Aug 2023, 17:18

Looks like a seriously deceased Bilstien shock/strut!

Eek!!

Neil.

Post by **abscate** » 03 Aug 2023, 18:26

Almost had me guessing fuel filter but my Spidy Sense tells me ancient near end of life AC accumulator-drier

Post by **volvolugnut** » 03 Aug 2023, 18:51

Monroe shock remains. (Yellow paint)
volvolugnut

Post by **foggydogg** » 04 Aug 2023, 08:08

This is too easy,

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One number was 9434431, the other one MIGHT have been 9161065, replaced by 9470686,
but naturally I didn't want to do that.
After a week in molasses Chelation Camp, Ospho and rattle-can,

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And as always, iPhone 7+ takes sh!tty pics, from birth.

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