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KingCon 04-21-2010 08:59 AM

Where do they go?
 
They meaning the three important bolts I dropped down the engine bay this morning. One belonged to the Dinan Mass air chamber, that's going to be near impossible to replace. The others to went to the OEM air filter housing.

shit.

X5Mike28 04-21-2010 09:11 AM

This happened to me And I found mine on top of the Skid Plate under the truck

jst2878 04-21-2010 09:11 AM

They r sitting on the reinforcement plate on the bottom of the chassis. I dropped an injection clip and thought it disappeared until I found it sitting there on aluminum

jst2878 04-21-2010 09:13 AM

Or there in the fender wells. Take off the two 8mm screws in the tire well that holds the bumper on and there is a little pocket right behind the fenderwell

FLi GLi 04-21-2010 09:22 AM

Get yourself a telescoping, magnetic wand from Sears or your favorite tool vendor. Start poking around with it in the locations mentioned above and you have a pretty good chance of recovering your dropped bolts.

Cheers,

FLi

Repoman 04-21-2010 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FLi GLi (Post 734459)
Get yourself a telescoping, magnetic wand from Sears or your favorite tool vendor. Start poking around with it in the locations mentioned above and you have a pretty good chance of recovering your dropped bolts.

Cheers,

FLi

:iagree: and what's more, use that telescoping magnetic wand in the future when removing bolts from the engine to prevent ever having to do this again. Just hold the magnet next to or underneath the bolt you are removing so when it falls, it is attracted to the magnet and you just pull it out of the engine bay. I have 3 different size wand magnets because I have been in your shoes before. Good luck with it!

KingCon 04-21-2010 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FLi GLi (Post 734459)
Get yourself a telescoping, magnetic wand from Sears or your favorite tool vendor. Start poking around with it in the locations mentioned above and you have a pretty good chance of recovering your dropped bolts.

Cheers,

FLi

Great advise, I'll be picking one up this afternoon :thumbup:


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