Part identification
Feb 1, 2014 | 08:06 PM
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Part identification
Can anyone tell me what this is, and where it goes. I found it on top of my intake manifold. The truck is a 1996 F250 w/ 460 cu. engine.
TIA.
Feb 1, 2014 | 08:10 PM
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That looks like the oil plug for a Briggs and Stratton engine! What the heck is it doing there?
Feb 1, 2014 | 08:25 PM
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Wow! I guess it could be. It looks like its been there a while, and I couldn't find where it came from originally. I'm the second owner of the truck, so maybe the previous owner left something behind.
Feb 1, 2014 | 08:34 PM
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Stranger things have been found in engine compartments. I worked for an auto parts place in Texas. They had a salvage yard too and the guys were always showing off their "treasures" like knives, jewelry, money, a gun once, various bones both animal AND human, strange marital aids, and on and on.
Feb 1, 2014 | 09:22 PM
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It is a drain plug for a radiator.
Feb 1, 2014 | 09:27 PM
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Could be one of those plugs that comes in a new master cylinder. What is the thread size?
Feb 1, 2014 | 11:19 PM
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Looks like a radiator drain plug to me
Mar 11, 2014 | 10:24 PM
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I found one of these taking the bumper off of my 94 F250 parts truck. I checked it against the radiator plug and it is different.
The mystery continues.............................
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