3.2 Engine reinstall preparations

[bcheney]

I am preparing to reinstall my rebuilt 3.2 engine into our 1989 Targa. When I was on my back looking at the engine bay tonight my eyes focused on the nut in this picture and I cannot remember what attached to it?

[theclaw]

I can't get under my car right now but I have plenty of pictures from different repairs and jobs underneath. It looks like that is used to mount the heater flapper box to the body.

[Chuck.H]

in my '89 it doesn't attach to anything that I can recall - maybe you loosned it to allow the heater hoses some wiggle room to come off?

Chuck.H
'89 TurboLookTarga, 378k miles

[cabmandone]

My 85 had nothing attached to the heat flapper box nuts.

[theclaw]

This might be a dumb questions but did you loosen it? Maybe it was like that all along? Not that a nylock nut would back off by itself but maybe left that way by a PO at one point?

[bcheney]

OK maybe you guys have a good point. Probably was just loosened...Thanks!!

[theclaw]

I love it when the board works!!