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Offline dakota

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What are these things? Small plugs from heater box?
« on: February 22, 2015 - 09:49:39 PM »
I feel like "exhibit a" for how not to do things on a car project.  I took the heater box from my 70 Challenger (with a/c) apart last September, and am just now finally putting it back together.  I have these small cone-shaped plugs (7 of them) sitting in the bottom of a plastic cup that had been holding screws and clips from the heater box.  I haven't a clue where these go.  If you recognize them, please tell me where they go. 

For those of you just starting a project, I would strongly suggest you keep the time between disassembly and reassembly as short as possible and being an absolute fanatic about "bagging and tagging" parts. 
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Re: What are these things? Small plugs from heater box?
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2015 - 10:07:29 PM »
They're not "plugs", they're caps. They cover any exposed screw threads that face the interior compartment or otherwise. :2cents:
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Re: What are these things? Small plugs from heater box?
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2015 - 02:44:04 AM »
They're not "plugs", they're caps. They cover any exposed screw threads that face the interior compartment or otherwise. :2cents:

Yup... Which is why they were in the cup with screws...
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Re: What are these things? Small plugs from heater box?
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2015 - 06:16:30 AM »
Mystery solved.   Thanks folks.

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Re: What are these things? Small plugs from heater box?
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2015 - 08:37:52 AM »
They're not "plugs", they're caps. They cover any exposed screw threads that face the interior compartment or otherwise. :2cents:
Alan, do you know if they were still used in '73? I don't remember seeing any on my car.
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Re: What are these things? Small plugs from heater box?
« Reply #5 on: February 23, 2015 - 08:50:40 AM »
Only found on A/C cars and I'm not certain having not worked on too many A/C cars. My guess, probably not. By 1973 they were looking for anyway to save money, so they probably stopped using them. There used to be a similar cap on the tail light screws in the trunk as well...
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Re: What are these things? Small plugs from heater box?
« Reply #6 on: February 23, 2015 - 09:07:45 AM »
Thanks Alan  :thumbsup:
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Re: What are these things? Small plugs from heater box?
« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2015 - 12:01:07 PM »
They were gone mid 71..
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