WTF! Where does this bolt go!?!?

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Jul 2, 2010 | 12:08 PM

Nads06111

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WTF! Where does this bolt go!?!?

Finishing up the cam swap....Found this bolt on the ground. Does this belong on my car? lol looks important. The car is in my grandpa's garage so it could be from one of his projects

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Jul 2, 2010 | 01:04 PM

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That's an old *** bolt.... No clue where that could go. Never seen one on my car before

Jul 2, 2010 | 01:15 PM

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k member maybe? doesnt look like it was inside the motor.

Jul 2, 2010 | 01:19 PM

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not from your car.

Jul 2, 2010 | 01:37 PM

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looks like a flux capacitor bolt to me...

Jul 2, 2010 | 01:48 PM

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That looks like the short bolt for the waterpump or an exhaust bolt.

Jul 2, 2010 | 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by I8ASaleen

That looks like the short bolt for the waterpump or an exhaust bolt.

Definitely isn't for either of those.

Can't say I've seen that bolt before either.

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Jul 2, 2010 | 04:59 PM

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you didnt do it right if you dont have extra parts

Jul 2, 2010 | 05:06 PM

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you didnt do it right if you dont have extra parts

that's always been my theory. i have had my entire car apart and don't ever remember a bolt like that in my giant bolt bag. what were you doing wen you found it?

Jul 2, 2010 | 07:26 PM

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you sure that is not a flywheel bolt ???

Jul 2, 2010 | 09:02 PM

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Its not a flywheel bolt, I also just had everything apart entire engine and drivetrain, didnt label a thing and pull it all back together and i never came across that bolt. It almost looks like a drain plug but its too long. and the first 1/4" of those threads are rusted off my guess is underneath the car somewhere

Jul 2, 2010 | 10:42 PM

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Looks like one of the bolts that holds the air dam or black plastic bits under the front bumper. Not sure if those were that big though, but from all the rust, it looks like it.

Jul 3, 2010 | 10:35 AM

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x3 on the flux capacitor.

On a serious note, what about the that support member under the car that rides over the driveshaft, about half ways down the car.

Jul 3, 2010 | 10:44 AM

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I don't know of ever seeing a bolt with such a large portion unthreaded anywhere on my car.

Jul 3, 2010 | 10:53 AM

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Not from your car, fluxcapasiter, maby

Jul 3, 2010 | 11:18 AM

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I can tell by looking at the head of the bolt it is an Asian bolt, prob from a toyota or something, what is the head size 12 or 14 mm... someone in the past prob just lost a bolt and put that one in there