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Hello everybody, first post on here so please excuse me if this is on the wrong section. I was tearing down my 86’ 302 tonight, when it was taken part so that it was only the bottom end with the water and oil pumps still attached, I turned it upside down to let the oil drain out and these two things came out and look to be some sort of rivet, they are very small and I have no idea where they might go. I haven’t been able to find any information on what they could be and hoped somebody could shed some light on this. Any and all responses appreciated!!

 

90sickfox

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They look like oil baffle rivets from either a valve cover or lower intake. The baffle is the thin sheet metal that covers the holes for a valve cover breather or the pcv valve hole. I've seen them in an engine before.

 

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90sickfox said:

They look like oil baffle rivets from either a valve cover or lower intake. The baffle is the thin sheet metal that covers the holes for a valve cover breather or the pcv valve hole. I've seen them in an engine before.

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That’s what I intially but the baffles on both valve covers aren’t missing any

 

General karthief

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Look under your lower intake, there is a oil splash pan, it could also be from a previous intake problem.
They likely were dropped during assembly, they look unused, just a guess, you would laugh at some of the stuff we found back when I worked in restoration

 

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They go here most likely and hold the intake baffle in place

 

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I appreciate all the answers. I asked in a Facebook group and got nothing but sarcastic responses. I think they probably are from a past assembly since my intake has no baffle plate and both valve cover baffles are secured with both screws. Here’s another picture of them for a size reference in case that makes any difference.

 

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LOL asking for advice on Facebook.. a lot of these on that site.

 

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I do use a lot of zip ties .......

Specifically this kind lol

 

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Definitely the rivets used for either Intake or valve cover baffle. Probably from a past assembly if yours are present.

Tech advice from FB? For every one guy who has a clue, you have 30 that have no idea but like to tell you you are an ahole for existing

 

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I guess they just see that I’m younger than all of them and assume I’m complete oblivious to everything and not worth their time to help

 

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Andrew.whitt said:

I guess they just see that I’m younger than all of them and assume I’m complete oblivious to everything and not worth their time to help

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That’s exactly it, there are guys thirty years younger here that can do far more than I’ve even thought I could do.

You may get a sarcastic answer here periodically because some of us are smartas*es by nature though......I won’t mention any names......

 

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Hey now I resemble that remark

 

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a91what said:

Hey now I resemble that remark

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I think he's talking about that guy that has the way with the words...

 

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General karthief

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I have a way with misspelling them, but I blame it on auto correct

 

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karthief said:

I have a way with misspelling them, but I blame it on auto correct

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Which browser do you use?

 

General karthief

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What makes you think I know what a browser is?
I just wait till you tell me what I've screwed up

 

CarMichael Angelo

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karthief said:

What makes you think I know what a browser is?
I just wait till you tell me what I've screwed up

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There are certain browsers that spell check for you..in a lot of cases even adding appropriate punctuation. You'd be amazed at how many words would get by me if there wasn't a little red squiggly line under each one of the words that was misspelled.
Chrome....Firefox....Safari. Anybody that misspells a word using one of these browsers, could add careless, short attention span, and lazy their profiles

 

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Nope my phone simply takes what I want to say and changes it into some nonsensical crap instead of my verbiage.

 

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My phone autocorrects like pure carp

 

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General karthief

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I wish I could blame my phone for spewing nonsensical crap.

 

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