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Old 06-26-2019, 02:53 PM
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Does anyone have an idea on how to get my small ratchet from between my firewall and the top of my transmission? I dropped it when I was putting my distributor cap back on. I heard it when it fell on top of the bellhousing but it never fell on the ground. When I tried to retrieve it I pushed it further and that's when I heard it hit the top of the bellhousing and stayed there. I forgot to mention that I have a 98 Chevy Blazer
 
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If it is really jammed in there, I would say remove the transmission support & lower the back of the transmission down. Just be careful to not lower things so far that the distributor runs into the firewall making a mess of things.
 
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Old 06-26-2019, 03:26 PM
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Try bending a metal coat hanger and trying to push it over maybe?
 
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get a magnet and wrap it around the end of a wire hanger and go fishing around.
 
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Old 06-26-2019, 05:48 PM
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I've got a little magnet on a stick tool, and a grabber deal I've used with success before.

Failing that, does any place around you sell small ratchets? Lol
 
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Is he freed?
 
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If you can't the a magnet down pastt the other metals make an electromagnet. Drop it down till it touches the rachet then close the circuit.
 
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Old 07-13-2019, 11:10 AM
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Nice.... really hope it's out by now... and not on the road lol...
 
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Old 07-13-2019, 10:39 PM
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The quickest way to find any lost tool is to give up and buy a new one.
 
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Maybe the guy behind you on the highway will find it.
 
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