Anyone know what these pieces are for?

hamzawm · 01-29-2012, 02:29 PM

Was cleaning out the trunk and found these pieces laying around. Dont really recall where they came from. Anyone know ?

Bartman619 · 01-29-2012, 02:50 PM

i believe those are for the battery. 1st piece is a terminal cover, 2nd and 3rd pieces are used to hold the battery down. not quite sure about the last 3.

CamelBiscuit · 01-29-2012, 03:02 PM

A good mechanic always has extra parts after putting something back together!

michaelalex17 · 01-29-2012, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by HaveQuick

A good mechanic always has extra parts after putting something back together!

hahahah. reminds me of when they were building the caterham on top gear and Jeremy threw out like half the bolts because James May was taking forever to build the thing. hahah

hamzawm · 01-29-2012, 03:09 PM

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A good mechanic always has extra parts after putting something back together!

hahaha, guess im a good mechanic! It was last winter when it was well below 30 degrees , standing in front of a crappy tire trying to change a battery! Terminal covers were the least of my worries. loool, a year later cant remeber where the heck any of this goes. I guess ill go try to fit them back into place

KnoxDawg · 01-29-2012, 07:15 PM

last piece on the far right is the cover that goes on the rear view mirror that hides the wiring for the mirror.

VTECaddict · 01-29-2012, 07:59 PM

fifth piece on might be a cover for the end of a front seat rail/track

hamzawm · 01-29-2012, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by KnoxDawg

last piece on the far right is the cover that goes on the rear view mirror that hides the wiring for the mirror.

Ive never taken it off, how the hell did it get into my trunk. Funny, i was looking at the mirror the other day thinking how it was odd that there was nothing covering it .

Thanks!

Beemw335 · 01-29-2012, 10:31 PM

Used car??

hamzawm · 01-30-2012, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Beemw335

Used car??

I got it certified used back in 08 with 45 k km's on it . Has 120 k on it now. I think its time i let it go soon !

Professor///M · 01-30-2012, 12:09 PM

Please don't ever put metal on your trunk again, you're giving me a panic attack

hamzawm · 01-30-2012, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by PAMidge

Please don't ever put metal on your trunk again, you're giving me a panic attack

Its okay, it was a civic

DaveL · 01-30-2012, 04:10 PM

Nothing to worry about here i do believe those pieces hold the rims together...No biggie.

apme123 · 01-30-2012, 04:54 PM

that's extra mounting hardware for ejection seat. nothing to worry about.

chromisdesigns · 01-30-2012, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by HaveQuick

A good mechanic always has extra parts after putting something back together!

LOL! So true...I rebuilt a Kawasaki 2-stroke triple back in the day (in my spare bedroom) and wound up with a shaft collar and one bearing ball left over after the transmission was reassembled. Funny thing is, the neutral stop on the bike had never worked correctly, but after the rebuild, everything worked fine!

Same thing happened with a spacer from the anchor winch on my boat. No matter what I did with the winch main shaft, couldn't get that dang thing to fit back in! Winch, of course, worked fine for the next 6 years after reassembly without the spacer.

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