Anyone know what this bit of rubber is ?
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- dragonflyjewels
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Anyone know what this bit of rubber is ?
Found in the heap of gunge covering one of the drains near the windscreen wipers.
Looks very neatly manufactured
Looks very neatly manufactured
Sylvia
Snazzy - 1993 Paris Blue ES red dipstick 2.0i bought 2001
Lethal Lily - 1991 White Turbo
Paris the Unicorn - 1991 Paris Edition
hubby has
Sven - 1994 Racing Green GT
Evil Eva - 1992 Paris Blue Turbo
no previous 480s - can't bear to sell any
Snazzy - 1993 Paris Blue ES red dipstick 2.0i bought 2001
Lethal Lily - 1991 White Turbo
Paris the Unicorn - 1991 Paris Edition
hubby has
Sven - 1994 Racing Green GT
Evil Eva - 1992 Paris Blue Turbo
no previous 480s - can't bear to sell any
Re: Anyone know what this bit of rubber is ?
Doesn't look like anything I've found - I'll be worrying I'm missing something now!
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Re: Anyone know what this bit of rubber is ?
I wouldn't panic too much, in all my 480 exploits over the past few years there's not much of a 480 that I haven't had to bits and it doesn't look like anything I've ever come across, could be foreign. Can't imagine where something like that would live on the 480....
What sort of shore rating would you say the rubber is? ie, is it hard or soft? I'd say if it's hard, it's designed to act as something for AV or to give something mechanical a little give or flexibility, if it's soft it may well be intended as some sort of seal. Not guaranteed in all cases obviously but clues to application can come from how hard or otherwise the rubber is.
What sort of shore rating would you say the rubber is? ie, is it hard or soft? I'd say if it's hard, it's designed to act as something for AV or to give something mechanical a little give or flexibility, if it's soft it may well be intended as some sort of seal. Not guaranteed in all cases obviously but clues to application can come from how hard or otherwise the rubber is.
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Re: Anyone know what this bit of rubber is ?
its a foreign body definitely not part of a 480
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Re: Anyone know what this bit of rubber is ?
Robert.
Present cars: 1994 Volvo 480 GT 2.0i, 1999 Volvo S70 2.5 Europa, 2010 Volvo V70 2.0F Momentum
Present cars: 1994 Volvo 480 GT 2.0i, 1999 Volvo S70 2.5 Europa, 2010 Volvo V70 2.0F Momentum
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Re: Anyone know what this bit of rubber is ?
Thanks guys. It's just that I have a vague and distant memory of having seen one before. Maybe I'm dreaming, but I have had my es since 2001 so I'm wondering if it looks familiar because I found one in that.
Ade - it is quite firm, probably not a seal, more like an old fashioned rubber door stop. Might have been to stop two bits of metal rubbing on one another, but none of our cars has one fitted anywhere near the drain point I found it in, neither can I see where it might go so I also suspect it's off something else.
Ade - it is quite firm, probably not a seal, more like an old fashioned rubber door stop. Might have been to stop two bits of metal rubbing on one another, but none of our cars has one fitted anywhere near the drain point I found it in, neither can I see where it might go so I also suspect it's off something else.
Sylvia
Snazzy - 1993 Paris Blue ES red dipstick 2.0i bought 2001
Lethal Lily - 1991 White Turbo
Paris the Unicorn - 1991 Paris Edition
hubby has
Sven - 1994 Racing Green GT
Evil Eva - 1992 Paris Blue Turbo
no previous 480s - can't bear to sell any
Snazzy - 1993 Paris Blue ES red dipstick 2.0i bought 2001
Lethal Lily - 1991 White Turbo
Paris the Unicorn - 1991 Paris Edition
hubby has
Sven - 1994 Racing Green GT
Evil Eva - 1992 Paris Blue Turbo
no previous 480s - can't bear to sell any
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Re: Anyone know what this bit of rubber is ?
Think it`s a bracket 3434289 thk 7 mm , 3415867 thk 9 mm or 4515868 thk 11 mm . Rubber distance between lower edge of a windscreen and body .
- dragonflyjewels
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Re: Anyone know what this bit of rubber is ?
Thank you - it's 9mm so I think you are right. Perhaps I did find another one in the other 480 after all !
Next question is - do I need to keep it ?
Next question is - do I need to keep it ?
Sylvia
Snazzy - 1993 Paris Blue ES red dipstick 2.0i bought 2001
Lethal Lily - 1991 White Turbo
Paris the Unicorn - 1991 Paris Edition
hubby has
Sven - 1994 Racing Green GT
Evil Eva - 1992 Paris Blue Turbo
no previous 480s - can't bear to sell any
Snazzy - 1993 Paris Blue ES red dipstick 2.0i bought 2001
Lethal Lily - 1991 White Turbo
Paris the Unicorn - 1991 Paris Edition
hubby has
Sven - 1994 Racing Green GT
Evil Eva - 1992 Paris Blue Turbo
no previous 480s - can't bear to sell any