Dropped torx bit into engine
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Another option is using a shop vac with a home made slender hose adapter.
In your scenario, you might need to knock it loose then vac it up, or at least try.
Don't you just hate when this stuff happens? You're going good, then bang... you lose a tool inside the engine...
When I do valve adjustments on machinery, I tie sewing thread around my gauges so I can't lose them inside the engine.
In your scenario, you might need to knock it loose then vac it up, or at least try.
Don't you just hate when this stuff happens? You're going good, then bang... you lose a tool inside the engine...
When I do valve adjustments on machinery, I tie sewing thread around my gauges so I can't lose them inside the engine.
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Yeah, it's probably one of the sickest feelings. The problem I have is that it is long from where it snapped and is just sitting down there starring at me. I just wish there was a way to grab it without knowing it further down... Would one of those tool grabbers reach in holes like that? Or can I just take the timing cover loose enough to wiggle it out?
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You can buy "super powered" magnets in various small sizes at Home Depot. They grab like gorillas. I imagine you could put one on the end of a steel rod and use it to pull the bit out. I think it would have more "pulling power" than the telescoping magnetic tools I've seen.
You could maybe even put one of those magnets on the end of the magnetic tool to increase its power.
- Jack
You could maybe even put one of those magnets on the end of the magnetic tool to increase its power.
- Jack
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attach a rare earth magnet to the end of a fishing pole, flexible and thin. These little magnets will pick up anything.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Super-Mag...63?N=5yc1vZ7aa
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Super-Mag...63?N=5yc1vZ7aa
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The stronger the magnet the more difficult it is to get it into deeper places as it sticks to everything like a **** on the way down!