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Old Sep 18, 2024 | 07:05 PM
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What the heck is this

I’ve just changed out my clutch slave cylinder and last year did my suspension and both times tried to follow this tube and figure out what this linkage is.
I know my inner cv boot is cracked so this widget is covered in grease. That axel is next.

Who can tell me what their is… LHD 2005 MCS manual with factory lsd (for all intents and purposes, the car is stock)

Only on the driverside just above a hole in the lower A arm
 
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Old Sep 18, 2024 | 07:07 PM
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Adding a pic with it and the hose (or cable) circled
 
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Old Sep 18, 2024 | 07:15 PM
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Looks like height level sensor for the headlights.
 
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Old Sep 18, 2024 | 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Jason Cornelius
Looks like height level sensor for the headlights.
no kidding?! I do have the xenon headlights.
thanks Jason!!!
 
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Old Sep 19, 2024 | 07:59 AM
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+1 headlight level sensor.
 
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Old Sep 19, 2024 | 11:17 AM
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+2 headlight level sensor.
Now that you know what it is... If you could take a moment to clean that messiness under the car to look as beautiful as the outside....
(just poking fun)
 
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Old Sep 21, 2024 | 08:20 PM
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Another “What is This?”

While you’re here, this fell on the floor while I was replacing the CV axles:


 
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Old Sep 21, 2024 | 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Krunch2020
While you’re here, this fell on the floor while I was replacing the CV axles:

That's a cap of the subframe, where the crash bar tube slides over.


It sit at #5 in this picture
 
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Old Sep 22, 2024 | 05:53 AM
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It is a plastic 'stop' piece that is inserted into the sub frame to help when re inserting the crash tubes. It is not needed.
You can throw it away....Or you can put on your shelf in a glass museum display box as a memoir when you did this job.

It took me a few minutes to figure out it's orientation when I put it back in. Just for nothing more than out of sheer curiosity.
(I like puzzles).

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Ooops - Sorry - I didn't see that Lukas already answered the question above.
('still makes for a nice display piece though)
 

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Old Sep 22, 2024 | 10:28 AM
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It's a weird part and I can't think of why they were designed in the first place. Having said that, they always fall of the car when removing the crash tubes and I always put them back 😂
 
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Old Sep 23, 2024 | 01:57 AM
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Originally Posted by LukasH
It's a weird part and I can't think of why they were designed in the first place. Having said that, they always fall of the car when removing the crash tubes and I always put them back 😂
They were designed for easy assembly (for a machine I guess) in the factory. They're not needed when you manually align things yourself.
 
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