Lost socket
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Lost socket
Dropped socket in drain slot in far rear corner can you access if I remove trunk cover in the rear or do you have to remove bumper My bad I know better. But please be helpful and not mean. Thanks 23 cpe
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Sep 22, 2024, 05:30 PM
Racer
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Have you tried a telescoping magnet? It's a must have IMHO.
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From: FORT LAUDERDALE FL
Nothing strange or unusual here. I think that most of use have had this happen at some time or another if we touch tools. I have had this happen many times over the years...even after telling myself "better be careful"....then the word "sh*t" is next. The magnetic stick will work if you can see the socket. Good luck.
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Maybe not great for a Corvette but...
I dropped a combo wrench under the hood of my '04 Ford Lightning. It landed on a crossmember. I could hear it, I could see part of it, but no magnets or grabbers worked.
I tossed two pieces of 4x4 in the back and my son and I went to the playground parking lot. I just drove back and forth over the 4x4's at moderate (but not fun with low profiles) speeds until he gave me the thumbs up.
For a Corvette, maybe some 1x4
I dropped a combo wrench under the hood of my '04 Ford Lightning. It landed on a crossmember. I could hear it, I could see part of it, but no magnets or grabbers worked.
I tossed two pieces of 4x4 in the back and my son and I went to the playground parking lot. I just drove back and forth over the 4x4's at moderate (but not fun with low profiles) speeds until he gave me the thumbs up.
For a Corvette, maybe some 1x4
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I'm not sure where the lost tool is, so if a commercially available magnet tool won't work, bend and such to get were needed, find a small magnet that can be attached (how depends on the particular magnet) to a piece of strong yarn and go from there. I've found such can "drop" into problematic areas the same as the offending socket or whatever. All the best. 
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Good suggestion to buy a flexible magnetic telescoping tool and see if it will reach and retrieve the socket. Good luck.