Speedtoys

Changing injectors, an injector clip flew off and found its way down the injector hole.

Are the valves closed? Dunno..

Will find out after lunch.


*sigh*

SeanR

Magnets are handy tools. If you've got a boroscope finding it should be easy.

ALKada

Sorry Jeff, but did you say something? I'm still looking at your avatar....

Mongo

Pulling the intake will tell you real fast. I wouldn't call it a long time. If you have done it before, you can probably have the intake off in 3 hours at the most.

rgs944

Finding a magnet small enough is always the tricky part. I wish someone made an assortment of magnets that were very thin in diameter, like all the way down to 1/8 in. The injector clip weighs nothing so you don'nt need a real strong magnet.

SeanR

polecat702

If you've got a powerful shop vac, you might be able to vacuum it back out.

Mrmerlin

go find one of your small screwdrivers with the small magnet on the end,
stick the handle in a vice remove the magnet
get a small diameter piece of clear tubing shove the magnet into the tube,
stick the other end of the tube onto a coat hanger with the end doubled over,
feed it through the plug hole and get your metal and move on!
This will test your mettle.

mickster

I am willing to bet you have the in every size...

SeanR

Yep, and this one is the most common and most used one.

eijun

http://www.harborfreight.com/10-piec...scs-98405.html
or
http://www.harborfreight.com/10-piec...ets-67488.html

Beware with magnets, if it gets stuck on something metal your going to have a hard time pulling it back out. So you want to glue it and double glue and tape it to prevent that (rare earth magnets are extra hard to pull off)

auzivision

Magnet of a stick are very handy as others have mentioned... and don't grab aluminum.

Panty hose over the end of a shop vac (possibly ductape a smaller tube if needed) is another handy trick.

IcemanG17

no worries.....magnet, or a grabby tool....that doesn't work try the vacuum......still nada...then its time to pull the intake and pray.....

RET

Jeff - I found a tool similar to the one below at one of the common auto parts stores after I dropped a tiny feeler gauge into the crankcase of a Honda V65 while checking valve lash. Mine is the commercial version of Mr Merlin's suggested tool with a soft flexible aluminum shaft. It is a tool that I appreciate very much......

Bob

danglerb

Best magnets come out of old hard drives, but I have a wide variety of dropped thing picker uppers.