Tiny screw hole in front bottom of valve cover - why?

[95Viper]

Gen1 - Driver valve cover - small screw hole in bottom front. Looks like the same screw holes that spark plug wire harness attaches to. They are in the center and right bottom and in 3 spots on passenger cover.

But, this one is the only one without anything screwed into it. It's just a hole and it doesn't look like anything has ever been screwed into it. I took pictures before I changed anything and nothing is screwed into it. What is it for? Should it be plugged wth a screw? Here's a pic.

Who has their car near them? Can you go look?

 

[Qualitywires.com]

hang a picture on it..ha!

I think it's just for the wire loom to screw into. If I remember right...you should have 3 of them...now also too...on the otherside of the cover (passenger side)....there's pipes that are attached to the valve cover by a small bolt...so it's just production work because I think the covers are interchangeable on either side...except for the oil cap...

 

[95Viper]

Anyone with a Gen1 get to check out yours? Just wondering if only mine has the hole open or if it is plugged with a wire harness even though there aren't wires to run through it.

 

[Tom F&L GoR]

I'll look, but honestly don't know where I should be looking in your picture. The only unused hole I see is the rusty one on the exhaust manifold? (between the power steering hose and heat shield.)

 

[WOT!]

I was looking at mine last night. I noticed two threaded studs sticking out the passenger side cover. Nothing is attached to the rear one, but a bracket is bolted to the front one. On the drivers side, I have the hole you inquired about. So I put a tooth pick in to see what I could find out. It goes in less than a 1/4". No oil on the tooth pick. Not sure why it's there. We have a mystery hole!

Actually, I am sure these are interchangeable covers and the drivers side just does not have a need for the stud.

 

[95Viper]

WOT! Cool thanks

Tom, It's right above that exhaust manifold hole on the bottom edge of the valve cover. You can't see the hole in the picture. That was just one I took to show that there isn't a wiring harness bolt in the hole.

 

[AviP]

You can't see the hole in the picture. That was just one I took to show that there isn't a wiring harness bolt in the hole.

This was obvious from the start. A photo showing something that doesn't exist in a hole I can't see. ROTFLMAO.

 

[95Viper]

Avi - OK I probably deserved that and I could have taken a second picture, there were before I pulled the heads and I didn't know the hole was there.