Wrench lost into the engine!

bbadillo · 12-21-2009, 04:14 PM

Arg, was working on the car, and my idiot friend first drops a screw, eventually find it. The he drops a small wrench. I cant find it, We saw it at the bottom of the undercarriage, and i tried to give it gas and stop to see if it fail out. It eventually became way to dark to work and i had to be at work on time today. I was going to go home and look at removing the undercarriage or something, has anyone done this? Any ideas or suggestions?

Tirewarmer · 12-21-2009, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by bbadillo

Any ideas or suggestions?

Get a new friend?

Project1 · 12-21-2009, 04:19 PM

I've dropped a few things down there when installing parts...you need to remove most of the plastic undertray...it sucks, but unless you know where it is and have an extending magnet (which i do now) you have to do it.

bbadillo · 12-21-2009, 04:20 PM

i guess ill stop at auto zone and grab after work, how much do they run?

sturgis · 12-21-2009, 04:21 PM

depending on the wrench, if its steel you can use a telescoping magnet to grab it. or just pull the plastic undercarriage, its quite easy, haven't done it on my one by many other bimmers and its usually a few torx screws or 8/10mm nuts

anthony @ eas · 12-21-2009, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by bbadillo

i guess ill stop at auto zone and grab after work, how much do they run?

They're like $3

tcd223 · 12-21-2009, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Tirewarmer

Get a new friend?

Lmao

bozola · 12-21-2009, 04:39 PM

I was going to say... drop another wrench in and follow that one.

Don't ask.. I have done it before.

bbadillo · 12-21-2009, 05:15 PM

lol, get a new friend. There were 3 of us working on the car. The 2 of us looked at my friend, were like, are you F#@$ serious, ha ha

JimD · 12-21-2009, 05:48 PM

Sears has a handy extending magnet with a light. I used to have one but lost it. I saw it on sale for $10.

Jim

bradford · 12-21-2009, 06:27 PM

I once dropped a small screw into a 1" hole on the bell housing of the trans in my old Audi A4. It jammed the flywheel and I couldn't start the car until we pulled the trans and took it out. That sucked.

miro2296 · 12-21-2009, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Tirewarmer

Get a new friend?

+1

angrybaker · 12-21-2009, 08:45 PM

next time just let him hand you the tools

bbadillo · 12-21-2009, 09:17 PM

well crap, i bought one of those magnets, and i cant find it. at first you could hear it rattling, now i dont, either its stuck somewhere, or it fell out.

Yvette · 12-22-2009, 12:16 AM

grab the car, hold it up in the air (make sure you do that with your 2 hands)
shake them or, take out the front bumper

rocketpop · 12-22-2009, 07:37 AM

I uses a stong magnet. I placed the magnet on the underside of the plastic undertray and moved it around until it found the wrench. I then dragged it to an opening near the wheelwell.

ptack · 12-22-2009, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by bozola

I was going to say... drop another wrench in and follow that one.

Don't ask.. I have done it before.

Says Snap On's best customer who's 1 now weighs 4300 lbs.

BlackjackMulligan · 12-22-2009, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by bradford

I once dropped a small screw into a 1" hole on the bell housing of the trans in my old Audi A4. It jammed the flywheel and I couldn't start the car until we pulled the trans and took it out. That sucked.

oh MAN, that's a story for the ages!

My135 · 12-22-2009, 03:54 PM

Go under and remove the plastic under-tray. This is the only way.

m_thompson · 12-22-2009, 07:11 PM

A friend of mine dropped a screw into the oil fill hole in a Chevy V8 rocker cover. We both saw it go in. Yanked the rocker cover and found no screw. Probably went down the oil drain hole and into the valley by the cam. Drained the water, yanked the intake manifold, no screw. Probably went down the oil drain holes and into the pan. Yanked the oil pan, no screw. We looked for a long time before we found the screw sitting on top of the windage tray. We fixed a lot of oil leaks in the process...

Nicky G · 12-22-2009, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by JimD

Sears has a handy extending magnet with a light. I used to have one but lost it. I saw it on sale for $10.

Jim

Did you drop it in your engine?

12-21-2009, 04:14 PM	#1
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Project1 Bimmer Love 16 Rep 362 Posts Drives: You will figure it out... Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Broadway, NC iTrader: (2)	I've dropped a few things down there when installing parts...you need to remove most of the plastic undertray...it sucks, but unless you know where it is and have an extending magnet (which i do now) you have to do it.
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sturgis Enlisted Member 2 Rep 45 Posts Drives: 135i Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: FL iTrader: (0)	depending on the wrench, if its steel you can use a telescoping magnet to grab it. or just pull the plastic undercarriage, its quite easy, haven't done it on my one by many other bimmers and its usually a few torx screws or 8/10mm nuts
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bbadillo Private First Class 14 Rep 139 Posts Drives: 09 Black 135i, JB+ Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: San Francisco,Ca iTrader: (1)	lol, get a new friend. There were 3 of us working on the car. The 2 of us looked at my friend, were like, are you F#@$ serious, ha ha
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bradford Major 28 Rep 1,035 Posts Drives: 2008 SGM 135i Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chicago > * iTrader: (4)	I once dropped a small screw into a 1" hole on the bell housing of the trans in my old Audi A4. It jammed the flywheel and I couldn't start the car until we pulled the trans and took it out. That sucked.
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angrybaker Private First Class 1 Rep 120 Posts Drives: black 135i 2009 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: san francisco iTrader: (1)	next time just let him hand you the tools
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bbadillo Private First Class 14 Rep 139 Posts Drives: 09 Black 135i, JB+ Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: San Francisco,Ca iTrader: (1)	well crap, i bought one of those magnets, and i cant find it. at first you could hear it rattling, now i dont, either its stuck somewhere, or it fell out.
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Yvette Major General 761 Rep 7,408 Posts Drives: M Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Vancouver iTrader: (19)	grab the car, hold it up in the air (make sure you do that with your 2 hands) shake them or, take out the front bumper
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12-22-2009, 07:37 AM	#16
rocketpop Captain 60 Rep 865 Posts Drives: 135i Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Home iTrader: (0)	I uses a stong magnet. I placed the magnet on the underside of the plastic undertray and moved it around until it found the wrench. I then dragged it to an opening near the wheelwell. __________________
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