Dropping a bolt in the engine bay

[///M]

Whilst installing the grounding kit I dropped a small bolt into the engine bay. I heard it bounce off one of the plastic panels in the bottom and I\'d assume it\'s settled in there. It\'s too far down to reach and take it out, and I can\'t even see it. Will it fall out eventually, or is there a way to get it out? I don\'t like the idea of a loose bolt in my engine bay...

[MajesticBlueNTO]

Magnetic Pick-up Tool

snake it down into the engine bay where you think the bolt is and it should \"find\" it.

[midnightfxgt]

Yup, and if you cant get it, no worries. It wont harm anything :D

~JOHN

[Xenon]

some of the screws are made of plastic tho... so for those ones, you just pray that they find their way out of there.

[MajesticBlueNTO]

didn\'t read the whole thing before replying... the plastic panel you said it hit is probably the thing you have to remove to do an oil filter change. if you\'ve already driven the car since the bolt fell, the bolt has most likely fallen out and has now gone bye bye.

you can remove the plastic panel underneath the car following the instructions in the oil change thread.

[Abstraction]

you can get one of those 3\' long \"extractors\" for lack of better term.. it\'s like a claw on a flexible shaft.. it\'s saved my ass too many times.

[wtom]

Originally posted by Abstraction


you can get one of those 3\' long \"extractors\" for lack of better term.. it\'s like a claw on a flexible shaft.. it\'s saved my ass too many times.

... gotta... resist... urge... to ... be... smart... arsed... (bluntman styles, yo!) :)

[bluntman]

I\'m giving it up for Lent. :(

[AfterBurner]

Originally posted by bluntman


I\'m giving it up for Lent. :(

Lent? Lent comes before Easter. Advent comes before Christmas.
:p

[majic]

heh.. i thought there was something funny about his statement :p

[bluntman]

Damn...sorry Afterburner, I hit the \"Edit\" button on your post, I thought it was mine. Please accept my apologies.




Originally posted by bluntman


I\'m giving it up for Lent. :(

I don\'t know, maybe it\'s Chanukah or Kwanza.

[bluntman]

Originally posted by majic


heh.. i thought there was something funny about his statement :p

There is...


Originally posted by Abstraction


you can get one of those 3\' long \"extractors\" for lack of better term.. it\'s like a claw on a flexible shaft.. it\'s saved my ass too many times.

I call it your \"arm\". Seriously, I think it\'s called an extractor and you\'ll probably find it at one of those electronics surplus stores on Queen St. W. The problem is, you have to be able to see the bolt before you can pull it out.

[Abstraction]

i really gotta read what i say :)

[bluntman]

That\'s OK...that\'s what majic, wtom and myself are here for! :D

[MajesticBlueNTO]

Magnetic Pick-up Tool and \"Grabber/Extractor\" (http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/remodeling/article/0,1797,HGTV_3659_1538904,00.html)

[wtom]

Originally posted by MajesticBlueN


Magnetic Pick-up Tool and \"Grabber/Extractor\" (http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/remodeling/article/0,1797,HGTV_3659_1538904,00.html)

OMG, that\'s what was used during my alien abduction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Errr...

nothing here, move on, move on ...

:D

so umm, any indication the bolt is still in your engine bay, autoexe? I dropped a screw into the center console when trying to take out the stock CD player... have yet to hear the screw... :(

[bluntman]

Originally posted by wtom

have yet to hear the screw... :(

What do you expect to hear it say? \"Help me!\" C\'mon, it\'s free now, it go where ever it wants to instead of living out it\'s entire life stuck in it\'s little hole. :sarc

[///M]

I haven\'t been able to find it yet. I don\'t hear it either...I think it might\'ve fallen out on its own...

I\'ll probably never know :(

[AfterBurner]

This thread has become an impromptu fetish topic from the looks of it, what with all the mechanical arms and asses and screws...

;)

[bluntman]

^^^ Just leave it to me, majic and wtom and we\'ll eventually send all threads in that direction. :)

[majic]

damn post whores!! :D