Where did this bolt come from...
03-28-2004, 05:37 PM
#1
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Where did this bolt come from...
A few months ago i took the engine pan off the car to find a large bolt laying in it. Too be completley honest, i shrugged it off and still have not had any problems out of the norm. Stupid i know...but i was a bit more ignorant then than i am now.
Now last year i had a problem with what i believe was the exhaust rattling intermittenly (Say every 2-3 seconds) at idle and when reving the engine. I welded a small peice of metal that with a rubber bushing on it and bolted the other end of the metal peice to the frame to stop the rattle for the time being. It was meant to be a temporary fix, but i never got it fixed completley. The rattles are back as the bracket i welded on broke off (probably from this winters temperatures and my not so good welding abilities at the time). I examined the exhaust manifold closer to see one of the bolts has become loose by about 3 or 4 threads. I am going back out to the parking lot in a few minutes with an attempt to tighten them up to see if it resolves the problem. Does this bolt i found belong to anything with the exhaust?
Here is the bolt next to a quarter for size comparison. The bolt fits into a 14mm and a 9/16th socket, but i could not find an exact fit for it.
Now last year i had a problem with what i believe was the exhaust rattling intermittenly (Say every 2-3 seconds) at idle and when reving the engine. I welded a small peice of metal that with a rubber bushing on it and bolted the other end of the metal peice to the frame to stop the rattle for the time being. It was meant to be a temporary fix, but i never got it fixed completley. The rattles are back as the bracket i welded on broke off (probably from this winters temperatures and my not so good welding abilities at the time). I examined the exhaust manifold closer to see one of the bolts has become loose by about 3 or 4 threads. I am going back out to the parking lot in a few minutes with an attempt to tighten them up to see if it resolves the problem. Does this bolt i found belong to anything with the exhaust?
Here is the bolt next to a quarter for size comparison. The bolt fits into a 14mm and a 9/16th socket, but i could not find an exact fit for it.
03-28-2004, 06:16 PM
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Thats what i was thinking...im trying to remember if i found the bolt just lying in the driveway or on the engine pan. I have a feeling it may have just been under the car when i was working on it...so i assumed it fell out from the pan. Probably belongs to my sisters old Dodge Raider. I did alot of work on that car in the spot i was parked in.
What is the socket size for the exhast manifold flange bolts? It was a little tough to get too using the tools i had (only a 156 piece Channel Lock set i bought cheap at Sam's Club). I managed to tighten it up a little with a 3inch ext. and 14mm short socket, though i wasnt able to tighten it much due to the angle i was at. That seems to have solved the rattle..though i wasnt able to go for a test drive.
What is the socket size for the exhast manifold flange bolts? It was a little tough to get too using the tools i had (only a 156 piece Channel Lock set i bought cheap at Sam's Club). I managed to tighten it up a little with a 3inch ext. and 14mm short socket, though i wasnt able to tighten it much due to the angle i was at. That seems to have solved the rattle..though i wasnt able to go for a test drive.
