redriderrick

Unfortunately I already have the same one in my tool collection. It's a 10mm 1/4" drive Craftsman ratchet. I found it under the rear carpet, on the shelf above the electronics. Now for the question. What was being worked on back there by the previous owner or his shop? ECU reflash? Electrical repair? Install of laser-guided missile system...?

Ahsai

Most likely by the previous owner. Shops usually use snapons

Gator996

Damn, that's where I left that wrench.

FRUNKenstein

It's IMS bearing related. The IMS bearing is in the rear-ish part of the car and you found the wrench somewhere close to the rear of the car. Clearly they were trying to replace the IMS bearing before it failed.
You should have the car flatbedded to your mechanic now. And, even though your car may be running perfectly right now, WYAIT, be sure to do the clutch, AOS, blah, blah, blah because someday one of those things might fail. And then where will you be? That's right - you'll have a car with a part that is broken and God forbid you have a car with a broken part when you could have replaced that part before it broke (you know, when the part was working fine).
Shouldn't cost more than $5,000 or so to get all of that stuff squared away. Do it now or you will surely pay later. Remember, there are no cheap Porsches. Sorry to break this horrible news to you Rick.

5CHN3LL

Should be fairly easy to figure out...there aren't many 10MM nuts and bolts on the 996...seven or eight
hundred at the most.

rb101

I found a snapon socket (15mm?) on top the engine by the oil cooler, a few years back.

FRUNKenstein

Ooohh, also clearly IMS bearing related. See advice above.

docmirror

I opened up the tailcone to rudder joint of a Piper Cherokee a few years back and found a rivet bucking tool. Been in there since 1971 when the plane was built.

Ballast I guess.

Space Shuttle Endeavor had a stubby screwdriver float by one of the crew on it's first mission.

FOD

Cuda911

I got my car back from a valet once, and found Cheet-Os on the floor.

Soaringman

my girlfriend found an eye highlighter (makeup) in my jeep once. hell of a time convincing here it was already in the truck when I bought the truck

FRUNKenstein

My son borrowed my S430 this spring to drive to spring break in Ft Walton Beach. About 3 weeks later the wife confronts me with various and sundry woman related appurtenances she found in my car. She is Spanish - so jump to conclusions first and let rational thought take a backseat til later.

mattie_k

I find French fries in the crack between my console and seats of my truck all the time!

Joe Ricard

I found a 20 dollar bill printed in 1972 in the area under the head light on my 70 914. I looked like it had been there for a real long time.

alpine003

If your car came with an owners manual, thumb through every page to make sure PO didn't stuff any bills in there for emergency and forgot about it. I found $200 in my last BMW in the manuals from the PO.

Sapientoni

I found the complete Duralast 1/4 set while driving my Cayman S. My worry is where's the car? I'm hoping it's an air cooled 930 but there's no paint on the sockets to help with forensics. It was last seen under the wrenches near Conover NC. Please be on look out!