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Old 05-12-2017, 05:48 PM
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Default Quiz: Do you know what this 968 drawing depicts?

Made me chuckle enough to make it my avatar.

Old 05-12-2017, 05:56 PM
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Car fell into Lake Michigan after a late night of partying, hose and pump to get the water out?
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Car fell into Lake Michigan after a late night of partying, hose and pump to get the water out?
That sounds like a risky business, but no.
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That looks like a car battery set up 33 ft from the car. An interesting way to jump start a car? It looks like the person on the left is smoking. (but it could just be the scan quality)


BTW, IF it is a way to start the car, are we all required to wear lab coats during this "procedure?"
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Closer in regards to the jump start.
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I can't imagine where those cables would be connected inside the cabin. But we could have a lot of fun thinking up captions....

Where did you find it?
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Portable battery charger that plugs into the cigarette lighter?
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testing the airbag
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Originally Posted by thomasmryan
testing the airbag
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Correct, it is the factory procedure for deploying the airbags while in the car before disposal.

There are 2 other parts that go with the main harness, a cable for the drivers airbag, and and a Y cable for the passengers to go to both ignitors.

Any collectors have these parts




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Originally Posted by chudson
I can't imagine where those cables would be connected inside the cabin. But we could have a lot of fun thinking up captions....

Where did you find it?
Service manual
Old 05-13-2017, 10:48 AM
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My caption suggestion was actually something along the lines of "Hey, let's see if the airbags work!" and it would have been intended as a joke. I don't ever want a bag to be deployed in my car. I've yet to find that page in the manual and I suppose since we're seeing it, the following doesn't apply to the 968.

In the majority of cars built today the deployment of the passenger side bag shatters the windshield. I'll stick with deployment while bolted to a heavy jig laying on the ground. That's always worked for me.

I suppose if you are discarding the entire car then what is depicted here would be an easier plan...
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Hmm, I thought maybe it was a scheme to destroy 968s to drive up the value?

I've seen that picture in the service manual. GM has one like that also.
It seems stupid to me that if you are going through that effort to blow the airbag you could just take it out and blow it that way, face up of course. Or just short the terminals and set it on the shelf.
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Did anyone notice the windows are rolled down too.
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Sodium azide.



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