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Old 04-12-2010, 08:20 PM
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When I was working on the car today swapping the o2 sensors to try and fix a Issue, I had the car started up for about 10min while the front end was in the air still.

When I went back under the car to put it back on the ground, I found this bolt under the car.












Now, I've had the engine and transmission out of the car, and cleaned almost every nook and cranny on this thing in the last few months.

I've never seen this bolt, and I find it very odd that It could have been up in some odd place for this long? Maybe the cam/poly motor mounts shook it loose, or it loosened out and fell out of where ever it was in?

I've never seen it before on anything in the car, and its kinda unique, so im hoping someone can help me identify it.


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Old 04-12-2010, 08:24 PM
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Looks like the bolt for the transmission brace.
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Old 04-12-2010, 08:30 PM
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that kind of looks like my ac bolt on the bottom side of the ac but since you have the ac delete ....but cant quite tell or like almost stock said tranny brace
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Old 04-12-2010, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by ALMOST STOCK
Looks like the bolt for the transmission brace.
uh, oh, I hope not..... that could be dangerous. I will defiantly check
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Old 04-12-2010, 08:53 PM
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I'm no expert but I think it looks like the long bolt for the front sway bar that connects to the a arm..
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Old 04-12-2010, 09:02 PM
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It looks close to the bolt for the upper intake, but it also looks like the bolt that holds the power steering rack to the k member.
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Old 04-12-2010, 09:05 PM
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i dont think that goes to the upper intake to big of a head on it
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Old 04-12-2010, 10:42 PM
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well if it was me i would get under the car and start looking
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Old 04-13-2010, 01:56 AM
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I checked, and its not the transmission brace, both sides are in.


will check the other stuff today.
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Old 04-13-2010, 07:23 AM
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Definitely not a sway bar end link bolt. That **** would snap in a second.
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