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Old 06-25-2023, 05:52 PM
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Was bored today and had my head in the engine bay just looking around for visual stimulus. When something caught my eye! Grabbed my flash light and found this sitting on top of the lower engine transmission mounting plate. Fished it out and what do you know! Anyone know what this is about?

22 2LT Z51 with 2500 miles on it. This bag managed to ride around for that distance and not melt.








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These are the contents of that bag, thread lock appears unused and the other bolts have no sign of them ever being used.


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Quality control at it's finest.
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Well looks like your car is prepping for the Zora model? This is too funny and never seen anything like that. Mary Barra would hate all those wasted parts…
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Damn I’m jealous. I didn’t get anything like that.
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Maybe further exploring is warranted
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Maybe further exploring is warranted
What do you recommend?
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Mercedes dealership left a snap on wrench and a snap on lost parts grabber on top of the engine after service. At least they had good taste in tools…. they are in my collection now.
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Oh, Kentucky....
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Strange... I had a bag of those bolts in my 2021 Coupe when I picked it up. They were in the frunk. Never could figure out what they went to.

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What do you recommend?
I recently saw this thread: https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-question.html

Perhaps it’s hardware for a HTC, but was mistakenly left in your coupe
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I've had quite a few of these apart and I doubt that is from the factory. Did you buy it new? I don't think they are standard C8 factory bolts with that locktite.
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Originally Posted by mortelec
I've had quite a few of these apart and I doubt that is from the factory. Did you buy it new? I don't think they are standard C8 factory bolts with that locktite.

I bought it CPO with 800 miles, these are GM bolts as the have the GM thread design on the first couple threads
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Originally Posted by J'sun Z
I bought it CPO with 800 miles, these are GM bolts as the have the GM thread design on the first couple threads
Hmmm, if you are near the selling dealer, you might consider going in and seeking out the service mgr., not a regular advisor. And watch their face as they explain. I'm sure you'd like to know IF something is missing from the car, or been repaired.

Have you looked at the VIS report on the car before buying?
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That is pretty wild - hopefully those are just extra bolts and not ones that should have been installed on the car. That would have been a lot of missing bolts.
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Originally Posted by J'sun Z
I bought it CPO with 800 miles, these are GM bolts as the have the GM thread design on the first couple threads
All CPO means is the dealer inspected the car and did any repairs it needed. The shinier looking bolts didn't come factory on a C8. The plastic push pin rivets are on the C8.

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Old 06-26-2023, 09:13 AM
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Save them with the car! You will need to show that bag o'bolts when the car gets Bloomington Certified.
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Thats an advantage to having an HTC you'd never have seen that!

Also like Ikea theres always a bunch of screws and bolts left over when you've finished assembling the furniture
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Here is a pic of the ones left in my 2021 Coupe Frunk. Not as many as you have, but certainly the same, and even in the same bag with a green X on it!!!!



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