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Old Mar 10, 2020 | 03:07 PM
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Retaining Clip?

I found this under where I park my truck. Anyone know what it is? I recently had ball joints done by a mechanic and have a very long list of items I have done myself on the truck over the last several months.

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Old Mar 10, 2020 | 05:51 PM
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Looks like a retaining clip from a door hinge pin maybe?
 
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Old Mar 10, 2020 | 07:07 PM
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isn't that the retainer for the kick-down linkage? I recognize it, but I can't recall from what part it comes.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2020 | 08:55 AM
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Check where Genscripter suggested. It's a C clip and they retain throttle linkage, cruise control linkage and the like. Whatever they retain is usually important. Of course maybe a mechanic dropped it somewhere around the engine, couldn't fine it and went and got another and it finally fell on the ground, been known to do the same thing myself.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2020 | 09:45 AM
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Ok, my truck has a manual T-19 transmission, so it probably isn't kickdown. I'll check the mechanical linkages though and see if I can find anywhere it might be retained. I checked the doors and don't see any evidence of anywhere that clip could fit.

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Old Mar 11, 2020 | 11:55 AM
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not a door hinge pin part, but it may be from the key cylinder. some use a clip like that to hold the rod clip on the back of the key cylinder. throttle cable clip, or cruise control cable clip is my guess
 
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Old Mar 11, 2020 | 03:40 PM
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and in Jest... sometimes your buddies like to toss parts under your truck to mess with you


Could be as simple as something the truck picked up on the road and just fell off in your driveway too
 
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Old Mar 11, 2020 | 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by lonewolf_
and in Jest... sometimes your buddies like to toss parts under your truck to mess with you
been there, and done that too.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2020 | 03:59 PM
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best joke i did was let 15 lbs of air out of the passenger front tire on a blazer every friday morning for 6 months.
no tire shops could figure it out.
they even rotated the tires, so i let it out of the driver side the next friday.

he finally put 4 new tires on. the next day he came into the yard to find 4 flat tires.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2020 | 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by tjc transport
best joke i did was let 15 lbs of air out of the passenger front tire on a blazer every friday morning for 6 months.
no tire shops could figure it out.
they even rotated the tires, so i let it out of the driver side the next friday.

he finally put 4 new tires on. the next day he came into the yard to find 4 flat tires.
ROFLMFAO .... extra parts in the parts washer comes to mind too, as it used to **** us of when someone would Hog the washer and leave parts to soak for half a day... for Heaven's sake we had other mechanics that had to clean parts too... Carb and Xmsn jobs were the best for extra springs and *****
 
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Old Mar 11, 2020 | 05:18 PM
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"tire guy" and i went at it for about a year pulling pranks on each other.
it finally ended when he greased the underside of my steering wheel and shift ****.

and the boss got into the truck to move it before i got there.
 
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