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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: raywilb on 29 March 2017, 13:34:11
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whilst doing the oil change I put the rail of torx sockets on the scuttle. after I finished what I was doing I picked them up but the 45 dropped off the rail & fell into the hole where scuttle drain is , try as I may its stuck & wont budge. it appears to be stuck at about 15" down from the top of the scuttle outlet hole.
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Magnet on a stick ? Or coat hanger ?
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Some cable push rods from underneath the car.
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Angle grinder, or if your posh, plasma cutter. ;D
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I have done that kind of thing so often. Some tools that you cannot get even a stick on either stay there, or suddenly they reappear on the garage floor! Others just disappear. ;D ;D ;D ;D
Yes, as others have said there are tools and methods available to grab these wayward items, but sometimes it is best to write them off and buy a good replacement! :D ;)
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Except, of course, that the scuttle drain will now be blocked.
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Yes, as others have said there are tools and methods available to grab these wayward items, but sometimes it is best to write them off and buy a good replacement! :D ;)
The rattling would do my nut.
The empty hole in my tool tray would send my OCD wild.
It would have to come out ;D
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Yes, as others have said there are tools and methods available to grab these wayward items, but sometimes it is best to write them off and buy a good replacement! :D ;)
The rattling would do my nut.
The empty hole in my tool tray would send my OCD wild.
It would have to come out ;D
So you are the kind of bloke that would have to go and lie down in a darkened room then? ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Piece of cane and a lump of bluetac ???
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Yes, as others have said there are tools and methods available to grab these wayward items, but sometimes it is best to write them off and buy a good replacement! :D ;)
The rattling would do my nut.
The empty hole in my tool tray would send my OCD wild.
It would have to come out ;D
So you are the kind of bloke that would have to go and lie down in a darkened room then? ;D ;D ;D ;D
I'm not to the point where I have to repeatedly turn the light on and off. What is that all about?
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Yes, as others have said there are tools and methods available to grab these wayward items, but sometimes it is best to write them off and buy a good replacement! :D ;)
The rattling would do my nut.
The empty hole in my tool tray would send my OCD wild.
It would have to come out ;D
So you are the kind of bloke that would have to go and lie down in a darkened room then? ;D ;D ;D ;D
I'm not to the point where I have to repeatedly turn the light on and off. What is that all about?
It comes from the days of the mancave, and now the shed! I have seen strong men cry and lose it over a lost tool in their shed, and heaven help anyone around them. It is time to hide! ;D ;D ;D
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Yes, as others have said there are tools and methods available to grab these wayward items, but sometimes it is best to write them off and buy a good replacement! :D ;)
The rattling would do my nut.
The empty hole in my tool tray would send my OCD wild.
It would have to come out ;D
So you are the kind of bloke that would have to go and lie down in a darkened room then? ;D ;D ;D ;D
I'm not to the point where I have to repeatedly turn the light on and off. What is that all about?
It comes from the days of the mancave, and now the shed! I have seen strong men cry and lose it over a lost tool in their shed, and heaven help anyone around them. It is time to hide! ;D ;D ;D
I'm still crying over losing all my tools about 4yrs ago ;D
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Yes, as others have said there are tools and methods available to grab these wayward items, but sometimes it is best to write them off and buy a good replacement! :D ;)
The rattling would do my nut.
The empty hole in my tool tray would send my OCD wild.
It would have to come out ;D
So you are the kind of bloke that would have to go and lie down in a darkened room then? ;D ;D ;D ;D
I'm not to the point where I have to repeatedly turn the light on and off. What is that all about?
It comes from the days of the mancave, and now the shed! I have seen strong men cry and lose it over a lost tool in their shed, and heaven help anyone around them. It is time to hide! ;D ;D ;D
I'm still crying over losing all my tools about 4yrs ago ;D
Now that would even make me cry! :o :o :D :D
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One of my most useful tools in this situation. :y
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That's a great tool.
I am buying one! :y :y :y
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That's a great tool.
I am buying one! :y :y :y
I have one .. useful but NOT a panacea ... in order to work the "tangs" have to get around/over the object, if they are only "gripping" the object they just slide off ... and getting them around is sometimes not easy, especially when trying to use a torch down a long dark hole .... The one I have also has a decent magnet on the end, which I initially thought would be useful, but it often tries to attach itself to the object I am trying to grab ...... :(
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That's a great tool.
I am buying one! :y :y :y
I have one .. useful but NOT a panacea ... in order to work the "tangs" have to get around/over the object, if they are only "gripping" the object they just slide off ... and getting them around is sometimes not easy, especially when trying to use a torch down a long dark hole .... The one I have also has a decent magnet on the end, which I initially thought would be useful, but it often tries to attach itself to the object I am trying to grab ...... :(
Ok thanks :y
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I'm still crying over losing all my tools about 4yrs ago ;D
Shouldn't have thrown them out the Pram then. ::) ;D
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whilst doing the oil change I put the rail of torx sockets on the scuttle. after I finished what I was doing I picked them up but the 45 dropped off the rail & fell into the hole where scuttle drain is , try as I may its stuck & wont budge. it appears to be stuck at about 15" down from the top of the scuttle outlet hole.
did manage to retrieve it by accident really. my air filter box has screws rather than clips & one of the small torx screws wouldn't budge just rounded off. I had to take the full air filter box off to hacksaw between the top & bottom. whilst it was off I noticed in the hole that's in the chassis that under the box a shiny object . my lost torx socket.
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whilst doing the oil change I put the rail of torx sockets on the scuttle. after I finished what I was doing I picked them up but the 45 dropped off the rail & fell into the hole where scuttle drain is , try as I may its stuck & wont budge. it appears to be stuck at about 15" down from the top of the scuttle outlet hole.
did manage to retrieve it by accident really. my air filter box has screws rather than clips & one of the small torx screws wouldn't budge just rounded off. I had to take the full air filter box off to hacksaw between the top & bottom. whilst it was off I noticed in the hole that's in the chassis that under the box a shiny object . my lost torx socket.
That's good news. So often lost tools come to light eventually! :D :y