well i was backing out the locknuts to relieve the pressure off my rocker arms and i guess i backed it out too far. wen i took the socket off the locknut fell out and went into one of those ports on the side. im assuming it goes straight into the block but im not positive where. does it drop the coolant things on the side?? im soo pissed off1!!! wat should i do??

 

well there are a few tools one is a telescopic arm that has a magnetic tip u can stickdown the prt the other is a flexible snake like tool forgot the name but it has a grapler on the other end for u to grab stuff u dropped in small unreachable spots

 

The telescopic magnetic thing sounds like your best bet

 

hmm whre can i get one of those??

 

harbor freight

 

wtf is harbor freight??

 

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i cant even see it, but i know where it dropped...

 

http://www.harborfreight.com/

or any auto parts store should have something similar

 

nvm, that site's search function sucks

 

Just go to any autozone or pepboys, the all have em. They look like a thin pen but extend to like a foot or something.

 

alrite ill go get one tomorrow, hopefully it comes out..thanks for the help guys

 

damn sux
it will be ok guy

 

may the force be with you

 

lol thanks. hopefully it isnt that bad... like involving taking the head back off....dammit im so careless

 

sounds like something that would happen to only me.. welcome to the club.

 

heh i think i have a bigger list of f**k ups then you do...

 

well... i dunno you, and u dunno me, but i bet i can beat if not come close to what u've been through.... lets just say, engine rebuild.. yea i was sent 3 diff **** h22 blocks... and that's just to start.

 

sounds to me if you've never heard of a telescoping magnet, then maybe you shouldnt be messing around with the head on your car? just an idea

 

Don't worry I have experience with the same problem. Only mine came off at the track, at the top of third . Just drop the oil pan, pull out the nut and you'll be fine! I reused the nut. Yes, it can and did fall all the way down to the oil pan.

 

yeah, its probly in the pan like^^^ said

 

well hopefully its not.. it sounded like it drop on top of the block

 

man...that sucks

when i was going to adjust the valves on my buddys h22.....he pulled the valve cover and a washer fell down in there....and we could not find a small enough magnet....however i was able to grab it out of that "port" with some long needle nose pliers....i wish you the best of luck

Cheers
David

 

thanks alot guys, im going to work now.. illl stop at autozone on the way home and try it out. what are the chances of it being in my oil pan?? hopefully it jus fell and sat on top of the block...

 

i don't see how it could be in your oil pan,
if it fell in the ports, wouldn't it drop down in the cylinder
and be sitting on top of the piston?

 

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if it fell in the ports, wouldn't it drop down in the cylinder
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Ports are either for oil or coolant (most likely oil since we're all the way on top of the head). Since we don't intentionally mix oil or coolant with the fuel/air in the combustion chamber, there should be no way that the nut would end up on top of the piston if it fell in the ports...