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go to supercheap auto, and grab a bendy magnet. Its a long flexible device with a powerful magnet on the end.

Poke that down there and it will grab it.

Just recently when replacing my airfilter, I dropped a nut down the afm into the mouth of the turbo. Instead of pulling the whole intake off, and possibly the turbo, I blindly shoved my bendy magnet down there, and out came the nut.

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hey guys,

as you may of read my other post about that thing from the thermostat in the way of the welsh plug to get to the welsh plug, well i got that out today with ease, i was like sweet i can get to the welsh plug which went to the left of the hole,

so heres where my problem started,

as it was to the left of the hole, i took the welsh plug next to it out (to the left) and tried to reach across, i couldnt feel anything, so i tried going through the hole it was ment to come out, i felt it with the tip of my finger then it must of dropped down or something,

so now, i can reach it from any hole, its a copper welsh plug, can i just leave it in there? or how can i get it out?

i would be willing to pay some1 $30-40 an hour (obviously there would be a point i wont pay anymore if its still in there) if they could come round and do it for me because im about to burn this car,

any info would be good,

Thanks JV

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Stewart Little would work for $30-40 and hour.

I wouldn't use blue tack, but I would use grease!!!

are u tacking the piss or is that some1 on this site? anyways ive found a mechanic that will come round to my house and work on the car with me, he was asking heaps of questions about it and thinks he will be able to get it easy if i cant,

blue tack would fall off and u need a bit of pressure to get it to stick,

grease??? wtf whats that going to do?

gurnie (spelling), take 1 hose off and shoot it out the other? that doesnt make sense at all really,

but i will be trying the claw thing, fingers crossed i can get it, the mechanic said depending where it is you can leave it, just cant be near the water pump, so im thinking i will have to get it out lol,

will update later,

JV

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Stewart Little is the mouse, yeah I was kidding.

The grease idea works, you use a bit of wire or some such with a small flat on it, you load the flat up with grease and then go fishing. If you lob it on the copper bit it will stick to the grease and then you can carefully retrieve it. I've done it before for various jobs and it works.

The best bit is that any grease you loose won't do any harm anyway [unlike blue tack].

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but i will be trying the claw thing, fingers crossed i can get it, the mechanic said depending where it is you can leave it, just cant be near the water pump, so im thinking i will have to get it out lol,

will update later,

JV

Why not use some duct tape, a vacuum cleaner, and a tube that is small enough to feed down to where this thing is but either big enough to suck it up, or with a tip that is likely to suction the item onto it and hold it.

Duct tape the smaller pipe to the end of your vacuum tube and away you go.

Of course you'd need to drain any liquids out first.

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somebody call Macguyver already

Macguyver would ground the comp cover up into filings and then set it alight to make a bomb and 'blow that sucker out'.

The vacuum cleaner idea is a good one [i've used it like that toclean out stud holes etc].

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