1/8'' Pipe Plug?

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VTICH

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I am almost complete reassembling my small block and I notice a 1/8'' socket head pipe plug laying in my tool box. It has orange paint on it so I assume it's from this engine but I don't remember removing it.

Any ideas of where it may have originally been located in the engine, or a fluke / random plug with orange paint? I kept all the other take off parts in bins, cans and a dedicated tool cart, so it is also random that the plug was in my tool box.

I read this link too but I think this plug is much smaller then shown here, it's the size of the oil pressure sending switch port by distributor.

http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=266852&highlight=oil+galley+plugs+locations
 
in an unmodified eng it can only be to cap an oil port at the top rear of the eng (sender or adjacent port but I dont think SB's have an adjacent port like a BB but I might be wrong/not in the shop right now)) or some intakes (aftermarket) have an 1/8 NPT port somewhere on top (one of my alum ones does)
 
I am almost complete reassembling my small block and I notice a 1/8'' socket head pipe plug laying in my tool box. It has orange paint on it so I assume it's from this engine but I don't remember removing it.

Any ideas of where it may have originally been located in the engine, or a fluke / random plug with orange paint? I kept all the other take off parts in bins, cans and a dedicated tool cart, so it is also random that the plug was in my tool box.

I read this link too but I think this plug is much smaller then shown here, it's the size of the oil pressure sending switch port by distributor.

http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=266852&highlight=oil+galley+plugs+locations

Only 1/8 port I can recall is the oil sender. Any other threaded gallery plug is larger. However, someone might have done "a mod?" Then don't know
 
I went through all the oil mod threads and nothing like this was done. I just opened up a couple of block locations and oil pump. I'll say this plug was a left over from another (non-Mopar) orange engine project, LOL!

Thanks for your replies, I'm feeling a bit more at ease now......
 
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