BobbyT

For those who haven't removed these clips yet, dental floss is your friend. Ditto for when you replace. Also good for the little clips that hold the hood and engine lid pins.

Also helpful to drape the patient with something like those bright yellow microfiber towels from Costco. Add a little battery-powered headlight, and you are ready to operate.

One last secret weapon is a tiny round magnet that fits in the finger tip of a rubber glove to provide magic holding power where there is room for only one finger, like the big square nuts on the AC compressor mounting bolts.