What's this?

[James Morse]

On the '97, noticed this, (the thing that looks like a mini-shock absorber) - looks like a part you'd use on a trunk or hood
Can't find in manual yet
Not part of suspension per se (?)
It's only on the driver side, do not see it on passenger side

 

[RonD]

Only found on the 4.0l engines, yes, only on drivers side, its a torque/vibration damper

 

[James Morse]

Cool, thanks, Ron.

 

[sgtsandman]

Now that make sense that I've seen a picture.

 

[rumblecloud]

Only found on the 4.0l engines, yes, only on drivers side, its a torque/vibration damper

James --- yours is in a lot better shape than mine was (emphasis on "WAS.")

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

James --- yours is in a lot better shape than mine was (emphasis on "WAS.")

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Somewhere around here I should still have the one I took off my 92, and as bad as yours looks, that one was worse. Bolts oddly came apart though, I was expecting to have to cut it off for as bad as it looked.

 

[superj]

Another manufacturer put those on the engines too, I cannot remember who though. We always just took them off when they went bad and never replaced it with no ill results.

 

[sgtsandman]

Another manufacturer put those on the engines too, I cannot remember who though. We always just took them off when they went bad and never replaced it with no ill results.

I seem to remember Honda and Nissan having something similar on some of their engines.

 

[Curious Hound]

I think my 85 Mercedes om617 had vibration dampeners like that.

Not that it really had much vibration or torque.