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Posted by: bigkensteele Oct 30 2011, 07:47 PM

I am in the last stages of getting my car back together after almost 4 years. I was cleaning/organizing the garage, getting ready to put the engine back in, and I found this on the floor.



I vaguely remember seeing it before, but I can't remember what/where it came from. To give you an idea of where it could have come from, I will tell you where I have been.

- removed engine/tranny (75 1.8)
- rebuilt tranny
- took engine down to shortblock, replaced accessable seals, did a lot of cleaning and painting
- removed gas tank, replaced all soft lines, filter
- ran SS fuel lines in the tunnel
- replaced all vacuum hoses
- replaced 1.8 exhaust with SSEs, 2.0 ducting and a bursch

Getting ready to put the motor back in, but I would really like to find the home for this thing.

Posted by: dlee6204 Oct 30 2011, 07:52 PM

I think its the clip that holds in the cooling boot for the alternator on the shroud side.

Posted by: bigkensteele Oct 30 2011, 08:03 PM

If you are correct, then I am thinking of a four letter word that starts with s and ends with hit.

Everything is back together now. I guess I could pull the front half of the shroud without taking the whole damn thing apart again.

Posted by: Dr Evil Oct 30 2011, 08:36 PM

Its not a tranz part

Posted by: bigkensteele Oct 30 2011, 09:19 PM

Nope. If it was, it would be on Andy's garage floor, along with a couple quarts of my old gear oil. Sorry Andy!

Posted by: partwerks Oct 30 2011, 09:23 PM

If you just found it on the floor doesn't necessarily mean it came off the car.

Posted by: cwpeden Oct 30 2011, 09:24 PM

Not the clip for the alt. cooling. Just went and checked. Hose clamp on alt. and boss on shroud...

Posted by: dlee6204 Oct 30 2011, 09:39 PM

It IS the clip for the alternator. #49 below. Measures 44.5 mm... roughly 1.75" You have to take off the front of the shroud to get at it.

Posted by: cwpeden Oct 30 2011, 11:02 PM

I guess I jumped to a conclusion. None of my 3 cars have ever had it.

Always ended up on the floor and thrown away?

Posted by: nathansnathan Oct 31 2011, 06:33 AM

It's kind of hidden as it goes inside the lip of the boot pushing it out. If you don't remove the boot from the shroud, you'd never see it.

Posted by: jaxdream Oct 31 2011, 08:40 AM

I found that exact same clip , a little misshapened ,when I pulled the boot frm a couple fanshrouds that i removed from two engines. Yes it was on the inside of the boot to push out to seal against the shroud.

Although I've been wrong before .......

Jack

Posted by: 76-914 Oct 31 2011, 09:07 AM

Don't feel bad Ken. I wasted a few hours doing the same thing. My mystery part turned out to be a part from my floor jack.

Posted by: bigkensteele Nov 2 2011, 07:48 PM

I was able to get at it without taking off the front of the shroud. I tool the fan off instead and had plenty of room to put it back on.

Thanks guys!