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Old Sep 30, 2024 | 04:43 PM
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Found this on the ground on the floor, drivers side under the tailight. Drove Saturday night, and it hasn't been moved since. Went out this morning and found it
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Old Sep 30, 2024 | 05:10 PM
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Looks like a part of a
A strap for maybe the muffler?
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Found this on the ground on the floor, drivers side under the tailight. Drove Saturday night, and it hasn't been moved since. Went out this morning and found it
How many times ive taken the car apart and never noticed anything like that but maybe i wasn't looking for it. Could of picked it up from the road.
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Old Sep 30, 2024 | 06:22 PM
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I'll have to get under it and look around. Was distracted by my headlamp gear stripping that night also. When I went to shut them off they went into contant ratcheting noise till I pulled the key. Ordered a kit of brass gears. Piece wouldn't be from that area would it. Haven't looked at those yet.
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Old Sep 30, 2024 | 07:57 PM
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Doesn't seem to be off my 01 that I can see. It drives great. So, for now, I'll keep looking around. If anyone comes up with an idea let me know.
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Old Sep 30, 2024 | 08:32 PM
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Looks like it's been draging for sometime !
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It isn't off my mufflers. I've been under the car a few times recently and have never seen anything hanging down or dragging. I think I probably ran it over and with the amount of grease it stuck to the inner fender and fell off as I pulled into the garage. Maybe tomorrow I'll look for grease on the inner fender wells. It had a lot of grease on it. I can't see anywhere else it could have come from.
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If that's the case it's fortuitous it didn't cut the tire or damage something. Should have made a hell of a noise when it hit!
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Lucky no damage I can find. It is completely covered in grease. Just can't find anywhere on my car it may belong. It is only as thick as a piece of aluminum foil folded over. Very thin, 5/8 wide, 4.5 inches long and very thin.
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