Bone head move, need suggestions
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Racer
Joined: Sep 2002
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From: Newport News VA
Bone head move, need suggestions
Okay,
So I am redoing the wiper bay. I was removing the bracket for the wiper door switch. The socket came loose from the ratchet. You guessed it. It rolled down and fell inside the fender. Any suggestions on how to get it out. I am going to bring home some flex magnets tommorrow. But I can already tell that this is really going to try my patience. Any other ideas would be welcome.
Steve
So I am redoing the wiper bay. I was removing the bracket for the wiper door switch. The socket came loose from the ratchet. You guessed it. It rolled down and fell inside the fender. Any suggestions on how to get it out. I am going to bring home some flex magnets tommorrow. But I can already tell that this is really going to try my patience. Any other ideas would be welcome.
Steve
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2002
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SOAP on a ROPE 
Seriously maybe a magnet on a heavy piece of string,
OR
Can you reach it thru the inside thru the vent door ? with a magnet.
I have a plastic
wiper door part, I need to go hunting one of these days it fell on the
passenger side.
Seriously maybe a magnet on a heavy piece of string,
OR
Can you reach it thru the inside thru the vent door ? with a magnet.
I have a plastic
wiper door part, I need to go hunting one of these days it fell on the
passenger side.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: Frederick Maryland
Take the car on a fast ride on a bumpy road...the socket will come out but you'll never see it again.
Sorry for the attempt at humor at your expense. I agree with the above...flexible magnet or magnet on a string should do the trick for you.
Sorry for the attempt at humor at your expense. I agree with the above...flexible magnet or magnet on a string should do the trick for you.
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I was putting my wiper door back on, and dropped one of the bolts down there. I have a thin magnet on the end of a telescoping wand that did the trick. It took a little patience, but it worked. If you can see it, you can get it. You will get better visibility with the wiper door off if you have one.
Melting Slicks
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From: Tolland CT
I was putting my wiper door back on, and dropped one of the bolts down there. I have a thin magnet on the end of a telescoping wand that did the trick. It took a little patience, but it worked. If you can see it, you can get it. You will get better visibility with the wiper door off if you have one.
If it's near the wall of the fender, wonder if a powerful magnet might capture it from the other side? Cover the magnet with something soft like cloth, slide it up to where you could reach it?
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This weekend I was helping neighbor do a alternator R&R on his V6 '06 Saturn wagon/SUV....and so to get that POS SOB outta there, I had to wedge a screwdriver on to the O2 sensor on that front bank.....
but to get it BACK?? NFW....not fur nuttin.....got my 130'lbs wifey poo to lay on her back, and grab that plug and fit it on the sensor...done in about a minit.....
kinda like Fae Ray and King Kong....
but to get it BACK?? NFW....not fur nuttin.....got my 130'lbs wifey poo to lay on her back, and grab that plug and fit it on the sensor...done in about a minit.....
kinda like Fae Ray and King Kong....
