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attatched to the header closest to the front on the driver side. What is it?
 

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So while I wait to figure out my rear end issues
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opihinalu said:

attatched to the header closest to the front on the driver side. What is it?
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Used to lift the engine in and out. Usually two of them on unmolested engines, but a lot of people don’t put them back once they come off.
 
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They are factory installed driver front and passenger rear.
 
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That is…until I whipped out my Bissell
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Should be another one on the pass side near the firewall.
 
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