Mystery

falcon1970 · December 2021

In the middle of a camping trip I found this item laying on the floor under the dinette inn my 2019 TAB 400. Does anyone have an idea about what it is and where it should go? I have searched and cannot see any place that it might have fallen from. Everything seems to still work but I am stumped as to where this goes.

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rfuss928 · December 2021

It looks a little like the grommet that the holds the stove grate in position.

falcon1970 · December 2021

@rfuss928
Thanks for the suggestion but that isn't it. I guess it will go in with my collection of other small bits and pieces that have detached themselves. Maybe it will become obvious at some point in the future.

[Deleted User] · December 2021

It will become obvious where it goes as soon as you lose this mystery part.

falcon1970 · December 2021

That is why I never throw anything away. sooner or later I will find out where it goes. The real trouble is that I can't ever find things I have saved once I find I need them.

Bayliss · December 2021

@falcon1970, just a guess, but it looks like it may be some sort of wall anchor, because it appears that the ribbed areas are designed to expand and/or grab a wall opening. OR, possibly part of a nylon/plastic rivet, similar to those depicted below, possibly for a window blind or a plastic frame that mounts to a wall:

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Binghi · December 2021

Might be one of the wall anchors that holds the lower dinette rail in place.

DanManz · December 2021

I wondered if it was a wall anchor that holds one of the buttons in place securing the fabric panels. My additional guess is that it isn't something that fell off your 400. Rather, it was a piece that got swept under an Alde vent during construction and never got vacuumed out.

falcon1970 · December 2021

It doesn't have the pin in the head--or a hole in the head where the pin would have been--so I don't think it is an anchor of some sort. Looks more like a decorative cover for something. Although a piece that fits somewhere on the cool cat system that fell out or was dropped and didn't get swept out is a possibility. I will have to open up the hatch over the cool cat and see if there are similar covers in there somewhere.

[Deleted User] · December 2021

I always know where to find any mystery parts because I always put them in a safe place so I can find them when I figure out where it goes. Now if I could ever remember where the safe place is, I'll be all set!

dlb · December 2021

So with trailers and boats, mystery parts are part of the buying and ownership process. It takes years of effort to find them a home and then aha! That is where it goes. Life saving moments!

RCB · December 2021

I found one too, and under the table of my 2019 -400. My first thought was it was part of the spring mechanism for the table support, but I don’t see how it would fit around the spring and stay in place. Like the watchmaker who had parts left over, but the watch worked anyway; I threw it in the junk drawer.

falcon1970 · December 2021

@RCB
That is where I thought it went, but I don't see any place to put it. Someday we will discover it's use. Maybe!

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