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While replacing the spark plug wires on my '79 Turbo, one of the nuts holding the ground wires to the coil holder dropped out of sight. I've looked all over the inside of the engine compartment with a flashlight and a extendable magnet, all over the floor under the car, and around the turbo, with no luck. The only place I haven't looked is in the turbo itself. The line from the output of the turbo was open since I needed to take off the hose to get to the driver's side spark plug wires.

Needless to say, I've been swearing up and down for a while now and thought I'd better take a break until tomorrow.

So, is there any way to turn the turbo to see if there's a scraping noise (to indicate the nut is in the turbo)? Or do I have to remove the turbo to turn it upside down?

Any advice?

Doug

 

Maybe you could take one of those long flexible handles with a magnet on the end and go fishing down there first? As a first step it sure beats removing the turbo and shaking it upside down to listen for a rattle.

 

Tried that already. The throat of the turbo is curved, so I can't actually get the "magnet on a stick" down into the turbo.

Doug

 

put 100 psi into the front of it - eliminate every outlet except compressor discharge. Wrap a piece of screen around neck and clamp it to catch your nut.

Yes, it will work.

 

Doug any luck removing the culprit?

 

I tried Jim's suggestion, and spun the blades of the turbo, but no nut came flying out. So that means that the nut just disappeared somewhere on top of the engine or down a black hole into another dimension somewhere.

Anyway, I put all the parts back together and drove for about a hundred miles to get the engine warmed up and everything worked fine :-)

Doug

P.S. Where do you go to get replacement nuts, bolts, and screws for your car? Especially the zinc-anodized ones?

 

Glad that you got your car buttoned up OK and its running fine.

Yes...in a 930 there is a 4th dimension that nuts and bolts just disappear into...freaky but true.

Believe it or not I get a lot of replacement harware (nuts, bolts, washers) from Ace Hardware, they have an amazing selection of metric and I always buy stainless.

Yasin