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Quiz: what would this part be?

  • 07-03-2011 7:42pm
    #1
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭


    This "thing" is in my van ...what is it? Who answers correctly gets to ask the next question

    150784.jpg
    150785.jpg
    150787.jpg

    not my pics, btw (wouldn't be as impressive if they were)


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Comments

  • #2
    O.A.P
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭O.A.P


    Is the end of the cable coming from the injectors that plugs into the ECU?


  • #3
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    A church organ? :)


  • #4
    alanclarke1975
    Closed Accounts Posts: 82 ✭✭alanclarke1975


    Is that the giggle pin? :D

    Part of the ventilation system?


  • #5
    dharn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭dharn


    prehistoric printed circuit board ?


  • #6
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    dharn wrote: »
    prehistoric printed circuit board ?

    not too far off


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  • #7
    ltdslipdiff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 759 ✭✭✭ltdslipdiff


    Immobiliser chip or ignition barrell part or....give us a hint !!!!


  • #8
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    WWII Enigma Machine?


  • #9
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    ltdslipdiff wrote: »
    ...give us a hint !!!!

    dharn was very close, it is a "full metal jacket" PCB of sorts ...but what does it do / where does it live?


  • #10
    ltdslipdiff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 759 ✭✭✭ltdslipdiff


    Boot lock/central locking?


  • #11
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    none of the bits move


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  • #12
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    Is it the thing that plugs into the thing?

    .

    On the bottom picture there is a glimpse of a finger and if you look at the 'pins' there are burn marks on the ends of some of them.

    This is a plug of some sort is it not?


  • #13
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    This is a plug of some sort is it not?

    Other things plug into it, but it's not a plug itself


  • #14
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Jesus! Looks like something out of Jules Verne!


  • #15
    squod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,704 ✭✭✭squod


    Is that photo taken with an x-ray machine? I doubt any car maker would bother with something so complicated looking. Looks to me like an x-ray photo zoomed and magnified.


    Force fit pins along the outside of the thingy.


  • #16
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    Taillight cluster??


  • #17
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    squod wrote: »
    Is that photo taken with an x-ray machine? I doubt any car maker would bother with something so complicated looking. Looks to me like an x-ray photo zoomed and magnified.

    It would be about 1/2 shoe box size :D


  • #18
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    -Corkie- wrote: »
    Taillight cluster??
    nope


  • #19
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,438 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    Fuse box?


  • #20
    aujopimur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,953 ✭✭✭aujopimur


    It's either a thingamejig, a thingamebob, or a goezinta.


  • #21
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    Main lead into the flux capacitor


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  • #22
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    Dean09 wrote: »
    Fuse box?

    WE have a winner !


  • #23
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    What make and model is it from?


  • #24
    haymur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 327 ✭✭haymur


    Could it be the front of a solenoid.


  • #25
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    It's the insides of a 1980's VW "Zentralektrik"

    0981ca7_23.jpeg?set_id=2C4000

    A printed circuit board ...only that it isn't printed but stamped out of metal and assembled instead.
    No computers here, baby (and no electrical niggles either if I may say so) :D


  • #26
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    johnos1984 wrote: »
    What make and model is it from?

    This particular one is from a VW Transporter, but all 80's VW's had similar thingies inside their fuse boxes.


    Dean09 ...over to you


  • #27
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    Cool. So it's a solid state printed circuit board?


  • #28
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,730 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    UNreal. Bit of a pity to enclose that in dull black plastic.


  • #29
    haymur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 327 ✭✭haymur


    Great what's the next one


  • #30
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    Cool. So it's a solid state printed circuit board?

    It's just a circuit board ...non printed.

    Old school :D


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  • #31
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,438 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    :D
    Yay I won!!

    1961_Jaguar_Mk2_Rally_Car_engine.JPG

    What car is this from?


  • #32
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    Jag mark2 rally car :p


  • #33
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Jag mark 2 ;)

    John got there first.


  • #34
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,438 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    Im the worst quiz master ever :(

    Well done its a 1961 MK2 http://bringatrailer.com/2009/08/05/gentlemans-rally-car-1961-jaguar-mk2/

    1961_Jaguar_Mk2_Rally_Car_front.JPG


  • #35
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    While the next question is being prepared (is it? :D), I'll give you another example of old tec for free

    150800.jpg






















    yepp ...light switch ...with dimmer for the instrument lights :D


  • #36
    haymur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 327 ✭✭haymur


    looks like a adjustable resistance for voltage or current. maybe for dimming lights


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  • #37
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    Forgot to post something:

    guessj.th.jpg

    Uploaded with ImageShack.us


  • #38
    haymur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 327 ✭✭haymur


    Sorry dean09 I did'nt scroll down page till I posted now see you gave answer


  • #39
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,438 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    Can't believe I forgot to rename my image! What an idiot!! :D




    Is that some sort of pre-historic air suspension component or something??


  • #40
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    Dean09 wrote: »
    Is that some sort of pre-historic air suspension component or something??
    Your on the right track


  • #41
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66,225 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    BL's finest hydragas :D

    Lotus Elan turbo for sale:

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  • #42
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    The best suspension in the real world :D
    Unkel you have a €5 Dunnes voucher in the post


  • #43
    dharn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭dharn


    so i was right all along


  • #44
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    dharn wrote: »
    so i was right all along
    It was ancient and was investigated by Toyota while they were developing the iQ.

    Its quiet sophisticated and in the end very successful.

    Now if you said hydrolastic I'd be willing to let the ancient tag go with it....but then again it wouldn't be air suspension


  • #45
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66,225 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    150809.jpg

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  • #46
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    Looks like a dynamo or alternator of some sort to me?


  • #47
    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    unkel wrote: »
    150809.jpg

    That is an early version of CVT

    Similar setup used on 80's 340 Volvos I believe


  • #48
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66,225 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Slidey wrote: »
    That is an early version of CVT

    Similar setup used on 80's 340 Volvos I believe

    Cigar for you sir!

    It's the CVT (Variomatic) from the DAF 600, launched in 1958

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  • #49
    dharn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭dharn


    bah.. i knew that one too but saw it too late


  • #50
    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    rename_2.jpg


  • #51
    johnos1984
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,096 ✭✭✭johnos1984


    Diesel fuel pump with airlock release


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