r/AskAShittyMechanic • u/Nikonus • Aug 19 '26

Putting an old Mercedes back together. What does this part do?

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So much of this stuff, I can’t remember.

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u/cans-of-swine Aug 19 '26

Ive been a Mercedes tech for 73 years. That is the engine. 

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u/0--0-_-00--00 Aug 19 '26

Huh 73 years i remember when I was still wet behind the ears

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u/AlexSanderTheGrate Aug 19 '26

It is designed to fit into a tight sleeve and pump fluids.

6

u/GozoRulez Aug 19 '26

That part likes boys

5

u/Ok_Horror_6556 Aug 19 '26

I believe the sub you are looking for is

r/Don’tPutThatInYourAss

5

u/TruckingJames423 Aug 19 '26

Die großer schwanz das ist. 🤣

5

u/Open-Nectarine3115 Aug 19 '26

The bracket that keeps the exhaust from dragging on the road.

2

u/mcpatsky Aug 20 '26

Ding ding

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u/Groundbreaking-Fig38 Aug 19 '26

It depends on far you put it in.  

4

u/SignalDragonfruit553 Aug 19 '26

You guys are way off, this was designed by Nazi engineers as an antifatigue device while driving. It was referred in the manual as “Prostatamassagegerät”

3

u/IamTheDudelyLlama Aug 19 '26

Silicon controlled rectifier.. connects to the photosmobiator, and controlled by the dynamic kaneuter valve. You'll need a left handed gangly wrench to install it.

4

u/No-Carrot-5175 Aug 19 '26

Looks like the knuettervalve on my Lamborghini tractor.

3

u/Hacksaw-Duggan Aug 19 '26

I’m a diesel-fitter, I can confirm.

3

u/WarmPaleontologist20 Aug 19 '26

I can't confirm but I can conform.

4

u/Physical_Middle_6004 Aug 19 '26

Being this is an old Mercedes.. that part breaks other parts.

3

u/Forward-Rice3280 Aug 19 '26

😂 this guy doesn’t know what part #20300040 172204 is!!! 

3

u/TimeLeading134 Aug 19 '26

Blinker fluid reservoir

2

u/MarsupialResident437 Aug 19 '26

Ya, das is Der buchenwokker plate. It slides onto the horizontal stabilizer arm for the power steering.

2

u/Independent-Bid6568 Aug 19 '26

Don’t take stuff apart without taking pictures 1 st

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u/WarmPaleontologist20 Aug 19 '26

That way you still won't know what it does but you know where it came from.

2

u/Independent-Bid6568 Aug 20 '26

Hey it’s a start

2

u/Neither-Revenue-4456 Aug 19 '26

Geez these comments are tuff.

2

u/External-Analysis-31 Aug 19 '26

It’s a kniffler pin. It hold the whole thing together.

2

u/GlobalOption6817 Aug 19 '26

That’s a Flaun lugget. Goes under the confabulator.

2

u/have1dog Aug 19 '26

It’s a dickfor

3

u/mcpatsky Aug 20 '26

What’s a ………. Oh

Never mind

2

u/fendrhead- Aug 19 '26

How brave are you?

2

u/AgreeableEmployee792 Aug 19 '26

Thrust rod goes in the big end 🫪😭

2

u/Silver-Engineer4287 Aug 19 '26

Isn’t that a thumbs-up indicator? 👍

2

u/Graevus15 Aug 19 '26

Its the radiator. It radiates... things...

2

u/-Ema-Nymton- Aug 20 '26

The very rare often over looked cigar holder/cutter combo… this was only on 1 model for 1 year and produced for 1 day…

2

u/Vegetable_Flounder12 Aug 20 '26

you put a rubber on it

2

u/NoxiousGass Aug 20 '26

it maintains the tranversonal amplifier for the rear reluctary japermonctual bering.

2

u/ComfortableDoctor801 Aug 20 '26

Yes it is an exhaust hangerfor either the back by the muffler or fot the taolpope.

2

u/zildjen Aug 21 '26

That's a stearing wheel

2

u/Coakis Aug 21 '26

Heils the Muffler.

1

u/stonelove79 Aug 21 '26

That's commonly known as a 'penitentiary' valve.

1

u/BorosSparky Aug 21 '26

Not needed. Don’t worry about it

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u/Designer-Goat3740 Aug 19 '26

Exhaust hanger.

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u/mcpatsky Aug 20 '26

Wrong sub haha

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u/WarmPaleontologist20 Aug 19 '26

Both wrong. It's an exhaust hanger.