[DaveN]

If it were only meatloaf. I have finished putting all the parts back on my car (I'll detail that in another thread) and wouldn't you know it, 1 bolt left over <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/blush.png" class="smilie" alt="" /> . I had everything bagged as I had a lot of stuff off and this one was sitting in the bottom of the box of bags. I know I told myself 5 months ago "I'll remember where that goes so I'll just put it in the box" - WrongO. I think it goes on the intake manifold somewhere but I couln't find anything I missed and everything went back together fine.

Guess I'll keep it for next time.

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[tamathumper]

Looks a bit like the bolts that hold on the plastic underbelly pan. There is a row of them along the back edge of the pan and at least one spot on the passenger side where one goes just in front of another (not in line with the rest).

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[rhudeboye]

[quote name='DaveN' timestamp='1335502843' post='126121']

I had everything bagged as I had a lot of stuff off

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Good idea. I have one of those magnetic trays but it only hold so much. All too often I assume i'm going to remember what went where but when its time to reassemble, I'm often scratching my head.



PS- OMG your Install looks AWESOME!

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[mbardeen]

I've taken to buying organizer boxes then labelling the subdivsions with little scraps of paper. It works well when you're only doing day jobs, but when the time between disassembly and assembly stretches into weeks or months, it gets harder to remember where all the bits go.



I'm anxiously awaiting the advent of those augmented reality glasses that record everything you see. That'd be real help for us memory challenged people.

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[gbarrier]

I think the problem is all that bling. Darn engine is so shiny that it surely blinds you and makes it impossible to find an empty hole.

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[Langley968]

[quote name='gbarrier' timestamp='1335530813' post='126128']

I think the problem is all that bling. Darn engine is so shiny that it surely blinds you and makes it impossible to find an empty hole.

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Dave posted about where the bolt goes...



NOT becuase he did not know where that bolt goes...

BUT because he wanted to "show off" the new "bling" look of his engine! <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/icon_lol1.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

No help on bolt location, but GREAT looking engine bay! <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/clap.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[DaveN]

That bolt is about 2 cm long so it's too big for the pan underneath. It will haunt me for a while; it's a long bolt so it must be important <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/unsure.png" class="smilie" alt="" />

Yea, Jake, I kinda sorta couldn't resist throwing in a picture of the bits all back together <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/wink.png" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[Cloud9...68]

Dave,



Amazingly, I have EXACTLY the same situation - after completely tearing my engine down to the bare block and re-assembling it, I was very pleased to find that I had ZERO leftover parts - until, out of nowhere, I notice a bolt that looks exactly like the one you show (an M8, I believe), sitting on top of my fuse box, mocking me. I haven't the foggiest idea where it came from, or how it got on top of my fuse box. It has me a little worried, because it is a fairly large bolt, not something holding a trim piece or anything like that. Hopefully in the process of re-connecting the rest of the stuff I still need to re-connect, the lightbulb will come on...

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[flash]

it doesn't look like one of mine

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[DaveN]

Thank God no SC parts came off except the <acronym title='mass air flow'>MAF</acronym> connector pipe and hoses! That would really worry me if I had pulled the SC.

Car started up fine and bled ok so it's just a wait and see.

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[rxter]

Pretty sure that's the bolt that keeps the oil separate from the water. That won't hurt you.



I did a little interior clean up and ended up with 8 small screws with fiber washers - perfectly clean and identical. I have no idea where they go. No more. I am photographing every step from now on... My memory is shot.

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[tamathumper]

Most of the bolts at the back of my plastic pan are 2cm long, are they not correct/original?

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[WJH]

I think you should disassemble until you find a home for that bolt! - not. Usually, I end up short and spend an enormous amount of time looking on my shop floor!



Oh, it does look nice. I think you could eat off that engine.

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[Scott Collins]

Check to make sure you still have engine oil! lol.



Actually, might be a stretch, but could it be one of the bolts that secures the coolant pipe to the block and connects to the <acronym title='heater control valve'>HCV</acronym>? Those little buggers are a p.i.t.a. and are tough to get in after everything is back together because of the <acronym title='heater control valve'>HCV</acronym> and the heat shield needing to be forced down to make it all line up.



That engine looks awesome. Love the oil cap. Nice work, Dave.

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[Ab54666]

Looks like the bolt to the original air box or radiator mount (that holds the air box), either that or did you have the belt covers off?

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[Cloud9...68]

Mine is too big for the belt cover bolts (those are M6's - my mystery bolt is an M8).

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[DaveN]

I did replace the <acronym title='heater control valve'>HCV</acronym>/Hall sensor but didn't actually remove the pipe; I will poke in and have a look there though.

Oil is definitely separate from the water, I put 6 litres of oil in the rad and 3 litres of distilled water in the engine, it runs fine, no white foam <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/rolleyes.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

I have no airbox with the SC and all that stayed on over the winter.



Scott - the oil cap is what you get when you return "forged" mystery rods to a supercharger vendor for a credit after you find RL posts from them asking "does any know what these rods are?" <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/dry.png" class="smilie" alt="" />

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