My wife and I used to work for Siemens VDO Automotive in Lima, Ohio and I realized that we helped make this part and the top also. Did not realize it until I took it off the car and it looked real familiar.





From this picture I can tell you that the number 3409-a means that it was made on the 340th day of 99 by shift A (1). The white dot is from the paintpen of the packing person verifying all the clips and j-nuts were on it and a filter was present.



I just thought it was cool and tyhought I would share this worthless info.

that reminds me, i need to update my sig.. so what do they do, mold the parts? or..

used to do plastic injection molding til they closed the place and put the work from our plant into the 2 plants they had in Canada. It was actually Siemens Automotive and they merged with VDO and became Siemens VDO Automotive. Then there was the consolidation.

That'* kinda neat, IMO. I know the feeling to recognize something you've had a hand in.

I see parts from my old company every time I see a GM car underhood. A/C lines, oil cooler lines, heater hoses and assys., Trans, oil cooler lines, brake lines, fuel lines, etc... 80% of them are from the place I worked for 13 years.

Whats really cool is you can decipher those mystery codes and markings