Tried to keep track of all my nuts and bolts during the rebuild of my '84 with a 2.5, but I'm at a loss for this thing. I had it near all my alternator and dog bone parts. I thought I remembered it being the adjustment bolt and spacer for the alternator but that's definitely not right. I am super close to firing this thing up so I would really appreciate it if somebody could figure this out!
got me, I'm no expert but I did stay at a holiday inn last night, in future disassembly's of anything I would buy a box of sandwich size Ziploc baggies and a laundry marker. remove bolt and put in bag and label bag with a diagram if need be. hey I had a stroke and cant remember crap anymore and do this and it has never let me down.
Steve
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I did the ziplock bag thing when I stripped the interior out when I first got the thing, but I thought this would be a lot less hardware and more obvious. I have pictures from the tear down process but I can't seem to find this part in any of them.
I recall puzzling over a part like that when I swapped an '87 2.5L in for an '86 2.5L. I seem to recall wondering why it was there - it didn't seem to have a purpose. I'll see if I can find it and look at the old engine to refresh my memory when I get home.
Look over the engine especially brackets for a gap under a bracket where a bolt goes it is most likely a spacer for a bracket
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It doesn't screw in the block somewhere does it, as it is all threaded? It doesn't screw into an alternator anywhere, just replaced mine. I scrapped all the brackets to get the d^mn thing off and I never took anything off like that.
I have an 86 and I will be going out in the garage tomorrow night so I will take a look all around. I will let you know what I find or don't find.
Thanks for the input so far. I still haven't figured it out from my pics or those in the service manual. The ONLY piece of the car I have not reassembled yet is the alternator/mount and the dog bone. Everything else has gone back together without a hitch; other than the coil which seemed like a spacer could be missing but not one of this size. Perhaps I'm wrong about that? I will put the last few pieces back together, it seems like it should be obvious that a fastener that large is missing during the install of whatever it belongs to.
I recall puzzling over a part like that when I swapped an '87 2.5L in for an '86 2.5L. I seem to recall wondering why it was there - it didn't seem to have a purpose. I'll see if I can find it and look at the old engine to refresh my memory when I get home.
I looked at my '84, '86 & '87 2.5L engines & didn't spot it. I looked in the parts reference catalogue to see if it would jog my memory, but no luck. Sorry.
Thanks for the input so far. I still haven't figured it out from my pics or those in the service manual. The ONLY piece of the car I have not reassembled yet is the alternator/mount and the dog bone. Everything else has gone back together without a hitch; other than the coil which seemed like a spacer could be missing but not one of this size. Perhaps I'm wrong about that? I will put the last few pieces back together, it seems like it should be obvious that a fastener that large is missing during the install of whatever it belongs to.
I just looked all over the 2.5 sitting in my garage, but unfortunately it's an '88 so it didn't give me any clues as to what this bolt and spacer is from. Take another look at the coil...
I learned a lesson from the first engine pull I ever did...put everything back together and ended up with two large bolts and no holes for them to go in...made no sense. Since then, I photograph everything on the engine, before and during the work. I also bag everything, and clearly label where it comes from. Some people even write notes for clarification. May seem like overkill, but you appreciate it when everything goes together.
Close but no cigar! I had to go back and look to make sure my dipstick was still bolted (never removed it) and I found the empty hole! The bolt and spacer hold the slave cylinder mount to the block right next to the dipstick. Interestingly, there doesn't seem to be a need for a spacer and nothing goes on the protruding part of the stud. Thanks for all the help guys!
I know the following isn't correct, but might lead someone in the right direction.
My Quad 4 had something just like that between the block and trans (bottom area). The spacer sits between the two and a ground cable attached to the end of the stud. Hope this helps.
Close but no cigar! I had to go back and look to make sure my dipstick was still bolted (never removed it) and I found the empty hole! The bolt and spacer hold the slave cylinder mount to the block right next to the dipstick. Interestingly, there doesn't seem to be a need for a spacer and nothing goes on the protruding part of the stud. Thanks for all the help guys!
