Any one know what this is for???

Hi,

I removed the front bash plate on the car today, and this was laid on the top of the bash plate.

I've got no idea where it came from, or what it is. I had a look around the engine bay, but couldn't see anything missing.

Does anyone have any idea where it may have come from?

Yes, I'ts called a "botherer", it's one of those things sent to iritate the hell out of you. You will probably never know where it came from.

In Scotland, at least, that's a "comfy bit", as in "where the hell did that come fae"

It looks similar to the bit that holds the pedal onto a bike.

A mount for spots/fogs or similar?

have you been offroading in it? Maybe it's been picked up and has fallen of a Green Oval or something. :party:

Hi

I have just had the starter motor out on mine, and to get to it on my b model you had to take of a bracket like the one you have to get to the starter motor :idea:

It almost looks like a bracket for lifting the engine out of the car.

Cant be that, it has the elongated hole so that leads me to think its off something that can be adjusted, is anything in the bay loose? power steering reservoir?

if it came loose some one could get hurt.
I hope your insured mate.

Looks like a support bracket for something

Dont suppose its a horn bracket is it.....cant remember what they look like mind...doesnt look strong enough for anything structural...

Horn bracket isnt that substantial. About 25mm wide and flattish with a bend in the end.

Deffo looks like a bracket for summat.

Its one of those "oh so familiar looking, but I just cant put my finger on it" things.

might be power steering rear support bracket

What about the oil cooler brackets....2.3 has an oil cooler round the front if I remember rightly and if the bracket fell of it would end up where you described...

boo, hahaha. thats where it went

Could it be some sort of exhaust or manifold support?

It looks substantial enough that if it was for power steering/alternator/engine etc Im pretty sure you would notice something amiss while driving.

Didnt Andy have the oil cooler off at some point??? :wink: