mystery part please help!!

greyhair · Sep 1, 2014

I have recently removed the fly wheel and rear cover etc so i could replace seals and also paint the block on my defender 200tdi engine 1992

when I removed the fly wheel I noticed this part was loose at the bottom of the flywheel housing

Can anybody help to identify what it is or where it goes

Oldseadog · Sep 1, 2014

I couldn't blow the pics up sufficiently to really make it out, but it looks very much like a flywheel balance weight.

No doubt someone with better eyesight than me will correct me if I'm wrong.

greyhair · Sep 1, 2014

Oldseadog said:
I couldn't blow the pics up sufficiently to really make it out, but it looks very much like a flywheel balance weight.

No doubt someone with better eyesight than me will correct me if I'm wrong.

Guess that would make sense
but where do you fit the bugger

timtheenchanteruk · Sep 1, 2014

usually, you dont, theyre attached during manufacture and shouldnt come off...

greyhair · Sep 1, 2014

timtheenchanteruk said:
usually, you dont, theyre attached during manufacture and shouldnt come off...

oh great, that does not sound good

greyhair · Sep 1, 2014

right had a good look tonight I have no idea where it fits or where it has come from
can anyone help or advise as i need to get the flywheel etc put back on

jamesmartin · Sep 1, 2014

its not anything i recognise from a tdi

greyhair · Sep 1, 2014

jamesmartin said:
its not anything i recognise from a tdi

I looked at all the parts I removed and there is nothing that the part would fit into, its just the wrong size
And there is no marks on anything that would suggest where the part is located

jamesmartin · Sep 1, 2014

its not part of anything near were your working

Brown · Sep 1, 2014

You get all sorts of things in bellhousings. Here's a video of some people who found a lost socket in their bellhousing which must have been lost by someone fitting a clutch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqNeG4ZV3co&list=UUQPL4OJqg1p2QTaY6NixfPw

greyhair · Sep 2, 2014

Brown said:
You get all sorts of things in bellhousings. Here's a video of some people who found a lost socket in their bellhousing which must have been lost by someone fitting a clutch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqNeG4ZV3co&list=UUQPL4OJqg1p2QTaY6NixfPw

That's mad

easye1 · Sep 2, 2014

surely any balance weight would have come from an auto flexy plate,
does the op have a manual or auto ?

easye1 · Sep 2, 2014

greyhair said:
That's mad

truely mad....

greyhair · Sep 3, 2014

easye1 said:
surely any balance weight would have come from an auto flexy plate,
does the op have a manual or auto ?

Manual mate
so no idea

will put it in the srap pile, along will all the old bolts

owl · Sep 3, 2014

Is it a broken part out of the clutch cover or plate ?

greyhair · Sep 3, 2014

owl said:
Is it a broken part out of the clutch cover or plate ?

Don't think so, but I will double check tomorrow
Good thing is that I have a new clutch kit to fit

nrgserv · Sep 3, 2014

looks like half a split washer to me, but struggling to compare the size with anything else.
bigger pictures needed!

greyhair · Sep 4, 2014

I have checked all the parts removed and nothing has a mark or looks to have a part missing that could possibly be this part
All I can think is it was something dropped in there

thank you all
I have just finished putting the painted rear cover on and refitted the flywheel
oh and before you as new spigot bush and seal was also fitted

mystery part please help!!

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