tricks for retrieving bolt from engine compartment?

[hondarider 10+ year member]

So i just got 2 general motors battery terminal bolts and i dropped one down by the engine and can't find it. i ordered them from knukonceptz so i don't really want to buy another one. Any way i can get it out?

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[wesl56 10+ year member]

magnet on a stick

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

If you can't locate it, it's going to be hard to retrieve it. If it's visible, I'd recommend an extendable magnet retriever that you can get at most auto parts or hardware stores.

 

[Jep772 10+ year member]

OR a magnet on a string.. just drag it around in there till you pull something out

 

[mannyb18b]

Gas brake dip that biitch

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

OR a magnet on a string.. just drag it around in there till you pull something out

good suggestion.

 

[hondarider 10+ year member]

i tried backing out of the driveway and back in to see if it would fall out but i don't think it did. I can't see it either so i don't know what happened.

 

[nauc 10+ year member]

jack one side up, then the other etc etc

maybe if will fall out

 

[WMCCLR 10+ year member]

Stick Magnet...Works Everytime //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[hondarider 10+ year member]

I just tried magnet on a string and no go. It is pretty tight down there.

 

[BoondockSaints 10+ year member]

Have you tried looking with a flashlight? And I imagine a magnet on a stick > then magnet on string.

 

[bdmcleod 10+ year member]

Spray off the engine bay with water.

 

[hondarider 10+ year member]

Yes i've looked with a flashlight and couldn't see it. The magnet string just kindof stuck to everything and i couldn't really get it down where i wanted it to go. I sprayed a little bit of water with the hose down where i think it it might be but got nothing. I've double and triple checked the garage floor and the drive way from when i backed out and still can't find it.

 

[casper97ta 10+ year member]

Usually there are only so many places a bolt can fall and get caught. I.E-crossmembers, radiator fixtures. I can usually feel the bolt before i can see it. Just keep feeling with your hand and a flash light. Also, bouncing the car sometimes dislodges them. But i guess you tried that already. Goodluck.

 

[nauc 10+ year member]

have you tried a mirror and flashlight