dont laugh yet..

i was putting on my new trenz billet grill and i dropped the socket down in the engine at the front

i looked all around and cant find it.. i hear it everytime i accelerate. its annoying , i NEED to get it out!

ok


now you can laugh

BUT ONLY IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO HELP ME =)

 

Have you dropped the plastic panels under the engine? Use a mirror, magnet, anything that will help you find where it is.

I would definitely find it before I drove again.

 

Go to your local auto store and find yourself a magnet... its a good investment if you got slippery fingers...

 

u drove with it in there.. whao..u are nuts..id be too scared to turn my car on..

 

wait, its in the ENGINE, or just the engine compartment?

 

Gotta be engine *compartment* because of two things;

1) He was only changing a grill - he wouldn't have anything on the engine open

2) He has run the engine since then, and it still runs...

 

at first I thought he was going to make me feel better about myself for the time I shot the nozzle off my throttle body cleaner into my engine.......not quite the same...

 

I did the same thing while doing my foglight mod. It's probably resting on top of the little plastic panels under the fans. That's where mine was. Just wiggle the panels or hit em' from the bottom and the socket should pop out.

 

It could be there or between the radiator and the front bumper. That is where the socket feel when I was messing with my grill. I just unbolted the radiator and tilted it back to create more space so I could reach down there.

 

No, the socket isnt in the "engine" its in the compartment, somewhere, (im a network technician

I wiggled the plastic shielding underneath and heard nothing, saw nothing,. i will tilt my radiator today when i get home, hopefully its in there, its annoying the hell out of me...

wow

no one laughed =) im impressed =)
this happened over a week ago and i wasnt going to post here for fears of non stop laughter and mocking on my behalf =P

everyone else has laughed tho

 

hahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah ahaha

j/k

 

I lost a socket once while working on my car (fuel pressure gauge install). 400 miles (mostly highway) and an autocross later I found it wedged near the front engine mount.
-hype

 

There are two "plastic shields". Each one is held in place by 3 Philips screws. Once you remove them, you can bend them towards the ground & who knows if your socket might fall out? I had to unsecure those shields when I installed my mesh grill.

 

There are about three sockets in my Ford Ranger's engine compartment from working on it and dropping the spark plug socket. LOL

 

I did the same exact thing when installing my grill. I just got under the car and put my hand in there somehow and grabbed it. But those long extendable pen magnets are an amazing world altering must have!!!! AND, they fit in your pocket