I was tightening the hose clamp on the elbow, got it tight, and the socket+reducer were sort of stuck on the nut. Sooo I pulled the ratchet off, realized this, went to grab them and they fell into the depths of my engine, somewhere near the IM?
I need it to finish doing what I was doing...and I've been looking for over a half hour. I even started the car, backed out, pulled back in, still don't know where it is. I'm soo pissed right now..where the hell could it go? I ran a few tests and dropped some other sockets in the same place, and they all landed on the ground...OMG! drillsergeant.gif mad.gif

 

jack the car up and it will probably roll out.

 

lmao.gif

Ye jack it up... or take your car up to 10mph and hit the brakes in your driveway or something.

 

I have done this lots of times. They like to rest in the cracks of the tranny and even fall onto the cat or down-pipe and rest there.

Jack car up from the front in hopes of them rolling off, and if they don't go under car and take a look from under there.

Hey at least you didn't drop o-rings into your cylinders. mad.gif

 

Get yourself a little magnet for future dropping of sockets. You should be able to get them cheap pretty much anywhere, they are normally extendable and have a high powered magnet. If its not bolted onto the car and you grab it you prolly won't loose it.

That is a must have with me, I constantly drop sockets just as you have. Get it, use it, love it.

 

yeah but he doesnt know where the socket is

a magnet is useless if you cant find what you want to pick up

 

I think every car has some little "lost elephant graveyard" full of missing washers, bolts, buts, and even tools.

 

thats the great thing about the magnet... you just kinda swish it around all over in hopes it will grab something =P

 

I was removing my drivers side motor mount and while taking the bolts out through the fender I lost my socket between the skins of the fender, so needless to say it's gonna be there for a while.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Mad-Machine @ Nov 6 2005, 04:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I think every car has some little "lost elephant graveyard" full of missing washers, bolts, <span style="color:#FF6666"><span style="font-size:36pt;line-height:100%">buts</span></span>, and even tools.</div>

Remind me not to ride in your car you wierdo.