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Sheen, 

You did the right thing by counting all the parts involved in the surgery.  I 
changed the intake manifold on my 4.6L Crown Vic (they are known to crack when 
one is a long way from home, so I swapped it out on my shedule) and I lost a 
damned intake bolt somewhere.  

I searched and searched and was about to just buy another bolt.  I tried to 
blame it as landing on the frame or the transmission or some other cozy 
invisible place.  I just couldn't convince myself there should be any extra 
parts left over and uncounted.   I finally found the lost bolt leaning against 
a valve stem inside the head.  I guess it took me an extra two hours to find 
it.  These extra left over bits can ruin the job.  I'm sure my lost bolt would 
have scrogged the works when I was a thousand miles from home.  I'm glad you 
found the lost part.  Now you can finish up without worry.  Careful work is 
rewarded by doing the job only once.

Larry



--- On Tue, 9/30/08, S Sterchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: S Sterchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [FGF] Comp Cam Break-in
To: "First Generation Firebird-L" <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 1:16 AM

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Life is good. I found the lock. It had fallen into the coil spring seat, hidden
behind the shock mount bolt and underneath a coil. Check out the pick of the
little devil trying to hide from me:
 
http://s97.photobucket.com/albums/l206/sheenster_2006/?action=view&current=Thedevilatplay.jpg
 





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