[Vedder]

I was just cleaning the Reference sensor located on the top of the Flywheel housing when a 5 mm Allen L shape key fell inside..!!!!!???

but it went right tru the bottom of the housing since i pushed the car in 6th gear , and no rattles or sounds came out of it, so i start the engine and no probs , for the time being. Ive run the car the hole weekend, and nothing so far has happen, no strange noises or anything..,??

So im thinking is it possible that it actually didnt fell inside?? or is there clearance enough for the allen key to be inside without interfering???



Ive tried to take it out thru the same hole (top flywheel housing) with a Magnetic pick up, but no luck im pretty sure it goes all the way in till the bottom of the housing, but nothig is coming out. Ive tried thru the clutch inspection hoel aswell and nothing.



Any ideas would be very apreciated!!!

thanx

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[Greimann]

So did you take the lower inspection cover off or just look through the round hole? The inspection cover can be removed in about a 1/2 hour or so. I don't believe I would feel too comfortable driving with an allen wrench rattling around in there. It could suddenly bounce into the rotating mass and crack an expensive casting or bunger the flywheel.

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[6spcab]

[quote name='Greimann' date='Oct 10 2005, 06:39 AM']So did you take the lower inspection cover off or just look through the round hole?  The inspection cover can be removed in about a 1/2 hour or so. I don't believe I would feel too comfortable driving with an allen wrench rattling around in there. It could suddenly bounce into the rotating mass and crack an expensive casting or bunger the flywheel.

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Agreed, get it out before something you regret happens.

Pull inspection cover and starter to fish it out

Lee

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[Harvey]

I've not tried this so I don't recommend it..but I'd probably pull the rubber inspection pad from side of clutch housing and/or look down into the hole the hex wrench fell into to, and/or look into the round bottom inspection hole (for flywheel timing marks) and see if I could either see the loose part...or see if there was enough room to get a flexible pickup magnet gizmo into there to get it out. I bought a flexible arm magnet pickup gizmo and I use it all the time. You wouldn't however, want the the magnet gizmo to get hung in there though!!!!



Harvey

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[apex]

possible to use a strong magnet on the outside of the housing and drag the hex key over to the opening?

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[Dave]

That's the kind of simple and elegant solution my wife would come up with after watching me engineer something overly complex.



Great idea!

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