Dropping things in the $&@*ing engine bay!
 

Am I the only one that ends up dropping something into the engine bay ( clip, bolt, nut, etc) where it falls into the tray under the car that is impossible to get to without jacking the car up?!*

I've somehow manage to do this way to many times and it drives me crazy! :mad: Lol

Get a magnet tool. :icon17: also banging on the tray can knock it off.

Lol, you're not the only one. When I was installing my Injen's, I dropped the bolt that helps for the vibration...totally disappeared.

Thought it fell to the tray part...nothing came out...used a flashlight as best as I could, nada. Started her up...nothing flew out or weird noises...lord knows where that bolt is lol.

Yeah its a real pain in the ***. Especially when its a non magnetic titanium bolt.

Oh dropping things into the engine bay is my favorite. I usually spend more time looking for things than fixing things.

Haha try fixing airplanes. Dropping things in one of those REALLY sucks.

Thankfully we aren't proctologists

Dropped the brake fluid reservoir cap (which is plastic and un-magnetic) down beneath the clutch and brake cylinders. It's like a different dimension down there or something. Used a coat hanger and 1.5 hours of my time to accomplish the retrieval. My advice?... If you drop the cap like this, get a new car.

get one of these...

Magnetic 2-in-1 Claw Pick-Up Tool - Specialty Tools - Tools - Griot's Garage

http://www.amazon.com/OEM-25291-Four.../dp/B000CMFK0Q

HAHA true story. lord knows where the struts upper bolt at lol

Magnetic pick-up tool is the way to go, like kenchan suggested. Everybody needs one sooner or later.

your not the only one. My buddies 14mm shorty box end wrench is still in my front cross member...cant get that thing out..lol.

:iagree:

Going with kenchan's idea, I found two other tools which are helpful:

2-inch-mirror-with-flexible-shaft-97217.html

And

OEM-24-1-2-in-flexible-reach-3-in-1-magnetic-claw-and-LED-pick-up-tool

:icon17:

Flip the car upside down and give it a vigorous shake. That should do it! :tup:

My friend I once spent 3 hours looking for a screw in the oil cooler cooler section on a UH-60 sucks even more when your PLT SGT is just standing there watching you.

When that happens you kind of have to find it, not just leave it where ever it dropped LOL. I lost a plastic clip removing my battery just recently. Fell somewhere and was never seen again.

:icon18:

Mind doing the demonstration? lol :bowrofl:

:tup:

You need one of these:

That would certainly rock!

Installing my intakes, we knocked the cap from the washer fluid bottle (not my reservoir thankfully) into the engine bay.

I love my washer fluid bottle cap mod. It's an extra 15 hp.

I bet! Choppers sound like hell to work on. When some piece of **** Sgt did that to me, I would work even slower.