jeff spahn

Took my injectors out and one of the injector caps fell into the intake. I took the intake off and got the cap back. It fell out of my hand and . . . . shot down the spark plug hole, with the plug out.

Normally I would be devastated but . . . I am doing a head gasket job so I think Phil the God of Insufficient Light has been thwarted this time. Just get it when I pull the head off.

Erik N

That would give me nightmares. I would duct tape a piece of vinyl tubing to a shop vac hose and pull it out anyway, just so I could sleep in peace.

jeff spahn

Hey, another great idea. Might just try that.

heinrich

Attach a small hose to the end of your shop-vac hose (with duct tape or something) and vacuum it out through the spark plug hole.

Mrmerlin

this is easy put the car on a rotisserie then flip it over the part will fall out into your hand

No HTwo O

Everyone knows this is how you get that out:

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Rob Edwards

Have you considered taping a length of rubber hose to your shop vac and vacuuming it out through the spark plug hole?

Randy V

If it was me, I'd use my shop vac with a rubber hose to turn the car upside down.

heinrich

!!!! Yeah but not everybody has as much suction as you do Randy

heinrich

Excellent idea, I wish I had thought of that Rob!!!

Bill Ball

I would try to find a way to snare it, but I can tell you the engine will eat that thing and spit it out without any problem. I worked on an 87 that ate 6 of them.

Erik N

No way that will work. You need a specially-trained cockroach.

Lizard928

Agreed with Bill Ball.

karl ruiter

Those pintle caps seem to fall in all the time. I have a four jawed grabber that will go in the spark plug hole so I usually try to grab them and pull them out, but it is just because I like it that way. They will get chewed up and shat out by the cylinder just fine without causing any problems. At least I have never had any problems with them going through. Not sure what they do to the cat.

Pcplod

Really...that would scare the crud out of me to start it up with it in there!!