What's that thingy

Hi Cocka,

just a thought. Is it attached to a weld? Maybe just a length of MIG wire from the factory chassis welding.

Did you buy the car new or secondhand? If secondhand the previous owner may have put springs to the bumper tailights to stop them from popping out all the time. Common mod apart from the old silicone.

Hi Cocka I had a similiar piece of thingy on my Jackaroo which had me puzzled for a while. When the tow bar was fitted they tacked on a piece of old welding wire onto one of the bolts that went into a hole that was difficult to reach by hand.
It held the bolt while they put on the spring washer and nut before tightening.
Will

I Have a 98 GU Patrol and I know the part you refer to. It is supposed to be there and is original. I too am stumped as to what it does. I think it may have something to do with the main fuel / sub tank transfer process.
If I'm wrong please correct me!

Hey... I know, Its the antennae of the tracking device that the Government placed on the vehicle.....You are being watched............:0)

I have seen this before. I believe it is to allow a bolt (generally) be placed in an "out of the way" area so it can be tightened via a nut that is accessible. Is there such a thing in your car? They usually use a lockwasher also to stop the bolt spinning whilst being done up.

Cheers Dave

It's not a thingy.
It's a "Do Dah" and you should consider yourself lucky to have one, it shows that you own a real 4wd.
If you don't own a "Do Dah" you don't know what your missing , it allows you to go places yoy never dreamed of.
So just enjoy it.

I think if you ask Nissan you will find that the technical term for it is a "whatsamacallit" and it is there to stop the thingamajig from going kerphut or whang!

A couple of blokes have already given you the correct answer. If you have a towbar fitted, you will notice there are nuts underneath the chassis which hold the tow bar onto the chassis. The bolts that these nuts go on have to be fitted inside the chassis rails (both sides). As they are about a foot from the end of the chassis, there is no way of getting a spanner onto the head of the bolt, so they weld a piece of wire to the side of the hex head and jockey the bolt into position using the wire.