silicone boy Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 I am in the final stages of my re-conversion. 355 is out, 383 is in. I've made great progress over the past month. I conquered a hairy aftermarket fuel injection harness (I think) and I was taking care of a few detail before firing it up. I was hooking up the throttle linkage tonight when I dropped a small allen wrench onto my throttle body, only to see it disappear into the intake. No problem, I thought, I'll just take the throttle body off and get it out of the manifold. No such luck. I couldn't find it anywhere, and I can only assume that it went into one of the intake passages in my heads. I even went fishing with some of my surgical instruments, some of them with extra long reach. It looks like I'm going to remove my intake manifold now. I just hope it didn't fall into one of the cylinders! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastzcars Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 Sorry to here about your allen wrench , That suck's. I think sears sells a magnet on an end of a flexable rod. you could try and fish it out that way?Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zfan Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 That sucks and yes I have done damn near the same thing. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VRJoe Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 Once again proof that gravity doesn't pull, it sucks - Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 Damn... Did you try one of those flexy gizmos with the magnet attached to the end??? You can get them at auto-parts stores. I did the same thing with a WINGNUT for an aircleaner one time and it took an hour, but I got it out with the magnetic flexible gizmo thingy we bought at the parts store. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Scott Posted May 13, 2003 Share Posted May 13, 2003 Funny, my wifes ta tas rattle every time she....weren't you the...Uhh never mind. I had a carb stud go down, and yes it made its way into the heads. Oldsmobile iron heads. Needed a touch up on the seats. Put it back together only to find a piece made its way to the other side as well. I really didn't need to go through that twice. I vote for the magnetic gizmo. Surely you could "borrow" a fiber endoscope from the office. My wife's dept (speech path) was missing for about a week. Reappeared in pieces. I wondered if it smelled like 20/50? Good luck. I'd like to see that beast when it gets running. The FI will be sweet heading over trail ridge this summer, hint hint, or any one else willing to tackle 12,000+ft in a Hybrid. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silicone boy Posted May 14, 2003 Author Share Posted May 14, 2003 Actually, my wife suggested the magnet thingy. I dismissed the idea because she's a girl and doesn't know anything about cars, then I tried it when she wasn't looking. After about an hour of trying, I spent the next two hours taking off the manifold. Guess what--It wasn't even in the intake side of the heads. Surely my luck couldn't be that bad. Only two of the valves are open enough for the valve to have fallen in. At this point, I'm thinking two things: Did I really see that thing fall in (unfortunately yes, and even if I think I was mistaken, I still have to be sure) and I really don't want to pull off the head(s). John, I did think about stealing a fiberoptic scope to see which side it fell into for a moment, but it would cost a pretty penny if I broke it. Why don't they make a cheap borescope for idiots like me? Anyway, when I'm taking the head off, I'm going to be thinking, "I could be driving this thing if I wasn't such a bonehead". Hopefully, it'll be worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 ...And here I was thinking about making funny "sylicone breast" jokes about our friend here and his poor car, but thought better of it... Now I have to go find a paper towel tp clean the coffee off my monitor... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 ...And here I was thinking about making funny "sylicone breast" jokes about our friend here and his poor car, but thought better of it... Now I have to go find a paper towel tp clean the coffee off my monitor... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicker240 Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 find and talk to your nearest Mac tool guy.we sell a fiberoptic boroscope for around 250 bucks and he may have a customer who has purchased one who might let you use it for free or a small fee?those things are priceless in a spot like you are in.the shaft is flexable and you can snake it down into the intake pretty easily all the way to the valves if necessary.Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72zcar Posted May 19, 2003 Share Posted May 19, 2003 did u ever find the elusive allen wrench Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperZ Posted May 19, 2003 Share Posted May 19, 2003 Funny' date=' my wifes ta tas rattle every time she....weren't you the...Uhh never mind. I had a carb stud go down, and yes it made its way into the heads. Oldsmobile iron heads. Needed a touch up on the seats. Put it back together only to find a piece made its way to the other side as well. I really didn't need to go through that twice. I vote for the magnetic gizmo. Surely you could "borrow" a fiber endoscope from the office. My wife's dept (speech path) was missing for about a week. Reappeared in pieces. I wondered if it smelled like 20/50? Good luck. I'd like to see that beast when it gets running. The FI will be sweet heading over trail ridge this summer, hint hint, or any one else willing to tackle 12,000+ft in a Hybrid.John[/quote'] I'd be up for that, or at least a spin up Mt. Evans. Gotta test the turbo Wish I had the time, maybe mid-July when the wife and kids leave town Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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