Did this plastic knob fall out of my XJ??

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winkosmosis

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Maui, Hawaii

• Jul 12, 2010

• #1

I found this plastic knob or cap under my XJ in the driveway. Either it fell out of the XJ or it rolled into the driveway from somewhere else. The threaded part screws in and out of the knob part.Anyone know what it is?

1999 4.0L 4WD automatic

 

Last edited: Jul 12, 2010

ehall

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Southern Maryland

• Jul 12, 2010

• #2

looks like an A/C cap maybe

 

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winkosmosis

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Maui, Hawaii

• Jul 12, 2010

• #3

I checked and I couldn't see any missing AC caps under the hood. Are there any underneath?

 

kastein

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Rainy side of Washington

• Jul 12, 2010

• #4

never seen anything like that on or in a cherokee

 

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RenegadeStang

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Statesboro, GA

• Jul 12, 2010

• #5

kastein said:

never seen anything like that on or in a cherokee

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x2 Especially a late model.

 

bcmaxx

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The West Kootenays,B.C. Canada

• Jul 12, 2010

• #6

nope

 

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winkosmosis

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Maui, Hawaii

• Jul 12, 2010

• #7

Maybe it came from one of my neighbors' vehicles... old Mercedes or Ford Exploder

 

Matthew Currie

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Vermont, land of big clay

• Jul 12, 2010

• #8

It looks a little like the kind of knob that some things like Mercedes have to hold in tail lights, marker lights, etc, or perhaps to hold down the cover on a fuse and relay center. The really old Mercedes would have had steel studs and plastic knobs or thumbscrews, but perhaps newer ones use more plastic. Nothing familiar on an XJ.

 

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XJskibum

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Maine

• Jul 12, 2010

• #9

That looks like the adjustment knob on my flux capacitor. It allows me to regulate anywhere from 1.1 to 1.3 gigawatt's.

 

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hupo224

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Manchester, NJ

• Jul 13, 2010

• #10

XJskibum said:

That looks like the adjustment knob on my flux capacitor. It allows me to regulate anywhere from 1.1 to 1.3 gigawatt's.

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+1

I wish we can upvote and downvote comments and threads.

 

JeepCherokeeGuy99

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New Bern, NC

• Jul 13, 2010

• #11

ya that's definitely not an oem xj part

 

joe_peters

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Grants Pass, OryGun

• Jul 13, 2010

• #12

I don't know about that part, but that sure looks like a short-n-curly in the first photo.

Dude, be careful of what you touch, you never know where its been!

 

RichP

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Effort, Pa

• Jul 13, 2010

• #13

I don't know but out there somewhere is some dude wondering where the $#$*% that hold down screw went...

With newer cars that the manufacturers seem to take such joy in wrapping the engine with plastic covers so you can't see it it may be one of those.

 

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*Jonathan

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North Jersey

• Jul 13, 2010

• #14

Doesn't have to have come from a car... do you have a backpack leaf blower, lawn mower or weed wacker missing any parts? Or maybe if you have a landscaper, it could have fallen off of one of their machines.