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Ballast weight
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10-20-2008, 05:01 PM
I'm just learning about this 40 lbs of damper / ballast weight. Where in in the car is it located? Anyone with a pic of what it looks like?
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10-20-2008, 05:03 PM
right rear cubbie in the trunk
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10-20-2008, 05:34 PM
...but only on cabs.
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10-20-2008, 05:50 PM
Uh oh....



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10-20-2008, 05:57 PM
lol - too funny
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10-20-2008, 07:12 PM
Everything's cool...so far. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/biggrin.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />
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10-20-2008, 08:20 PM
I found it directly under the bowling ball next to the bags of gravel that I was carrying around for winter.
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10-20-2008, 08:36 PM
roflmao - about as useful, that's for sure - those wacky germans
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10-20-2008, 09:09 PM
Wait a minute - are you still telling me you don't understand the important purpose being served by that anti-vibration balancer weight-biasing weigh-the-tail-down mass of metal?
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10-20-2008, 09:11 PM
sure i do - it was the nazi's way of getting gold out of germany, right?
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10-20-2008, 09:13 PM
You mean my ballast is actually gold?! <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/ohmy.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />



I was wondering why I paid so much for my car... ! <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/huh.gif" class="smilie" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/tongue.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />
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10-20-2008, 09:24 PM
Shoot and I just threw mine in the gutter...
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