A little rubber square fell out...
11-07-07, 09:24 AM
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A little rubber square fell out...
Hi everyone,
I was working on diagnosing a repetitive "squeak... squeak... squeak" from the engine compartment of my 1997 SC400 (seems to be the drive belt tensioner) and I must have bumped this little rubber pad. Unfortunately, I don't see where it goes, nor did I actually see it fall; I just heard it hit the plastic engine undercover. I picked it up, and it is about 1.25 inches square and made of black rubber. It's coated with dried-up adhesive on one side. There is a little dent in the uncoated side, so I assume it was used to protect something flat from something else sharp. Unfortunately, it seems that all of the adhesive residue stuck to the pad, and none to the part it was stuck onto (no clean spot on the engine, either), so I was wondering...
...does anybody have *any* idea where this thing goes?
Thanks,
Ben
I was working on diagnosing a repetitive "squeak... squeak... squeak" from the engine compartment of my 1997 SC400 (seems to be the drive belt tensioner) and I must have bumped this little rubber pad. Unfortunately, I don't see where it goes, nor did I actually see it fall; I just heard it hit the plastic engine undercover. I picked it up, and it is about 1.25 inches square and made of black rubber. It's coated with dried-up adhesive on one side. There is a little dent in the uncoated side, so I assume it was used to protect something flat from something else sharp. Unfortunately, it seems that all of the adhesive residue stuck to the pad, and none to the part it was stuck onto (no clean spot on the engine, either), so I was wondering...
...does anybody have *any* idea where this thing goes?
Thanks,
Ben
- would really need to see what it looks like...
11-07-07, 04:07 PM
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Ha! Weight reduction... I like that! My problem is that I'm an engineer, so I probably tend to overthink thinks like this...
I'll try to get a pic posted within the next few days.
I'll try to get a pic posted within the next few days.
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11-08-07, 02:11 PM
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O.L.T., I hope don't end up butting heads too much... or we'll both have sore domes! 
It's not really much to look at, but I've taken a couple of pics of the mystery part (front and back). You can't see from the photos, but the thickness of the thing is about 3/16" or so.
(Click on the thumbs to see full-size images, which are rather large to show detail and relative size of the part).
It looks almost as though it was stuck on at some point after the car left the factory...
It's not really much to look at, but I've taken a couple of pics of the mystery part (front and back). You can't see from the photos, but the thickness of the thing is about 3/16" or so.
(Click on the thumbs to see full-size images, which are rather large to show detail and relative size of the part).
It looks almost as though it was stuck on at some point after the car left the factory...
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