Hey guys i had to pull my intake off tonight cause it leaked and when i got it off i noticed a nut inside the valey right under the manifold. it was laying in the rear pass. side oil return hole and i went to get it and it fell down in there so i got it wil a magnet pen thing and i started flipin out, my dad says i droped it in there whn i took the intake off but there was nothing that i unbolted so i don't think so. Then in my head i went over when i build the engine and the only thing in my enigne that doesn;t just use a bolt and had a std and a nut are the connecting rods. but my dad says that impossible for it to travel up the the vally and sats i would hear the rod and it woudl have spun abearing by now. I am complety lost as to what it could hgave came from and completly scared to even drive my car again. I am at the point where i woudl sell it be4 i pulled it apart. Its just not worth any more money cause these cars are not worth anything. so if any1 has any input on where this could have came from please let me know. also if any1 knows the size of the rod studs that woudl be great so iu can se wuth the nut is. thanks

 

not to sound sarcastic but youd probably get more replies if you would have left out the part about these cars not being worth anything,wrong crowd ya know lol, hey WE all get extremely frustrated at them at times, I sure as heck know I do

 

What thread is the nut? Answering that may eliminate the possibility of it being a piece of rod cap hardware.

Yes, our cars can be annoying at times, and when not kept in good condition, their value will slip. Then again, our room mates, pets, and children can be annoying as well, but we don't throw them away when frestrated, either. (Well, most of us don't.) And even a piece of real estate loses value if neglected. Historically, our cars retain a better percentage of original price in the resale market than most other makes, including foreign cars. About the only vehicles that routinely appreciate in value are Harley Davidsons. And they all have a nut loose now and again.

 

It was probably that big nut that goes between the driver's seat and the steering wheel. Those work their way loose and get stuck somewhere under the hood, usually the strangest possible place, and you have to call a mechanic to get them out. Happens all the time.

It would help us guess if you could tell us how big it is, what size/thread it is, if it's a lock nut or not, etc. etc.

 

RB- you kill me, man.

Seriously, I once found a small SCREWDRIVER in an engine I took apart. If the nut was in the lifter valley it did NOT come from the bottom end, period- your Dad is right.

Fortunately, LARGE items dropped into and engine rarely cause problems. They find a home in the lifter valley or the oil pan and stay put. It's the small stuff the moves around and crashes into stuff.

 

well, I put it all back together minus the nut lol and theres not one leak thank *** and it runs liek a top. after trying to figure out wut it was from i discovered it was an exhaust clamp nut. how it made its way into my engine i will never know. But thank *** i found it when i did. thanks every1

 

Fell in the dist hole while pulling the motor apart?

Never found a nut while pulling down a motor, but I think I dropped one while pulling my 383 out!