Help Identifying a Mystery Part

[Boggie]

Hi All,

Whilst cleaning the inside of the engine bay, I found this lying on the chassis rail, under the ABS / Header tank area of the LHS of my engine bay.Looked like it had been there a while as it was covered in grime. Can anyone identify what it is and where it goes please?



The shaft is 8mm diameter and has a groove for a circlip.

Thanks,
Ian

[hornhospital]

It's the connector for the hood shock, part #21 in the drawing.

[ron]

It's the bracket for the bottom of the bonnet strut. On the M the nearside (L/H) strut bracket fits on top of the wing (normally spot-welded) and the offside (R/H) bracket is spot-welded to the inner wing.

#21 below is L/H. #18 is the R/H.

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showpar ... Id=41_0422

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[Boggie]

So it is! Thanks chaps.
It must have need there for 20 years, since the previous restoration! Looks like I have a spare now...
Ian