Graham C Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 Last weekend when tightening all the bolts around the bell housing after fitting the gearbox in a GT6 I drop a nut that was going onto one of the top studs, not hearing it drop the floor I suspected it had dropped into the bell housing though the clutch lever opening. I spent Sunday night attempting to convince myself this had not happened and failed miserably. So to avoid separating the prop shaft, gearbox and engine I thought though various options. End up searching Amazon for an endoscope found a wireless one that links to an iphone for £15, brought it. This Sunday spent a few minutes searching the inside of the bell housing though the starter motor opening found the nut and with the magnetic attachment pulled the nut out. Very impressed and saved me a few hours of fruitless work. So this weekend this cheap endoscope is my favourite tool in my garage. Graham 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave.vitesse Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 You can get a similar telescope tool with a small magnate on the end at most autojumbles. I agree a very useful tool. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigolf Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 Been there, done that, got the t-shirt ! 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 Ok til the magnet comes of when you are searching... how do you retrieve the magnet. Saw a guy at the Tatton Car Show (Cheshire) over the weekend selling one with a super power magnet, what if you push it in and can't pull it out (Pete/Doug - don't even think about thread drift on that one!!!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Badwolf said: Ok til the magnet comes of when you are searching... how do you retrieve the magnet. what if you push it in and can't pull it out (Pete/Doug - don't even think about thread drift on that one!!!). Use a bigger magnet! If you push it in and can't pull it out it's cos it's got a hold of your nuts (that you dropped in earlier of course. Don't know what you were thinking of there.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 i have an old broken telescopic magnet base fitted to a length of that coiled curtain wire , so it goes round corners but they always grab onto everything you dont want . another alternative is a 25mmm hole saw in the bottom of the housing and while youre into butchery one in the top so you can see the flywheel TDC marks Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigolf Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 When I dropped a washer into the bellhousing, the magnet I used was a bit big too lower inside the bellhousing and I was worried I'd lose it too. So as the bellhousing is ally, I slid the magnet around the lowest part of it on the inside and listened for the 'click' of the magnet grabbing the washer. I then carefully slid it up to the slave cylinder hole and retrieved it. Gav 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 i bet you get cuddly toys from those crane slot machines as well Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyman Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 4 hours ago, Colin Lindsay said: If you push it in and can't pull it out it's cos it's got a hold of your nuts (that you dropped in earlier of course. Don't know what you were thinking of there.) A much better place to put your nut's..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 awe nuts heaven ...........I wont ask where you find this stuff, Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyman Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 17 minutes ago, Pete Lewis said: awe nuts heaven ...........I wont ask where you find this stuff, Pete Pete you will have to ask Doug,........ He seems to get the blame for most things No bum jokes of late though.......... Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 A pair of nuts, or possibly bums. db 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 Saw DT on telly this morning with what appeared to be a member of the plane cabin crew judging from her uniform... mile high club??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham C Posted June 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 I did think about a hole and also an external magnetic around the bell housing but I not sure whether the nut had actually fallen into the bell housing as I did not see it fall. I am surprised that it took some time for the thread to drift. Anyway for £15 pounds I have a useful tool for looking into those hard to see dark spaces such as under floor boards when feeding cables. Graham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 ive have getting old snap on endoscope has its own screen and illumination bulb in the lense end its long enough to insert and tickle the back of the tonsils its been down a few bores in its life pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyman Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 Wait till you have had one up your exhaust Pete, it makes your eye's water................ Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Posted June 3, 2019 Report Share Posted June 3, 2019 Isn’t this just a long winded route to the ultimate conclusion that......you must keep a firm grip on you’re nuts at all times whilst ‘twiddling’! 😬 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 With a drawer full of screwdrivers, there are a set of large wooden handled stanley,s , loads ofngripmto give some torque and blades you can grind up so they grip the slot correctly if they get worn, The old blue handled stanley posidrives have lasted years and still going strong , in comparison to lifetime snap ons which only last a year and been replaced a few times are really rubbish So Stanley gets my favourite Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 2 hours ago, Pete Lewis said: The old blue handled stanley posidrives have lasted years and still going strong So Stanley gets my favourite Pete I've got one of these and I still have the yellow plastic box it came in with a selection of posidrive screws and nuts & bolts. Quality that lasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daverclasper Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 I lost my old blue handled Stanley PZ 2. Was a bit upset, they are brill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 15 hours ago, dougbgt6 said: A pair of nuts, or possibly bums. db Standing in Comrade Corbyn's private elevator, a gift from Chairman Mao.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 here's a spare one you can use Ha ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 "There is some corner of a Foreign setsquare that is forever Stanley....." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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