Found this underneath the landrover! Should i be worried?
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jamesmartin
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only if you have a flat tyre, its a valve
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Jiggle pin?
(I have no idea really!)
(I have no idea really!)
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So it is! Stupid me! don't often see them out of their normal housing!
Marmaduke
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No you haven't
as said above it's a valve out of a tyre...
bluedog333
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My fingers and nails were as clean as those once upon a time.
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Yeah, as you'll see now, our posts crossed! I was thinking bellhousing, duhhh!No you haven't
BuzzLand
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What on earth is a jiggle-pin?
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You find em in thermostats and sometimes in little holes under bellhousings and I daresay other places.
I THINK, only think mind, that they are there to help break the surface tension any oil accumulating at the bottom of the bellhousing with associated crud, may have and thus drop out. In the thermostat they work a bit like a one-way valve and can make it a pain to refill with coolant.
But I am now sitting here with my tin hat on and this is old skool, even for me, so I may not be right about it/them.
anyway, this explains the one in thermostats better.
https://www.uniquecarsandparts.com....use.-,Jiggle Pin,proper filling of the system.
And here are a couple of mentions of the ones under bellhousings, though you have to read through a lot of other stuff too.
http://www.mg-cars.net/mg-midget-sp...g-via-jiggle-pin-hole-2014062322123426080.htm
bluedog333
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They were called jiggle-pins before, it would be called a “hammerdoo” these days.
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bluedog333
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Ssshhh!
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And in the fuel rail port on my p38
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In the drain hole inside the drip tray in the back of the fridge...
Landyfox
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It’s the valve from the tyre I think. It can’t be yours otherwise you would’ve known about it by now!
