[rex5272]

So i posted on this board about my DCI rubbing concerns a few days ago, fixed it today and it now only sits besides the plastic cover that used to hold the stock air box.

Problem is my Flathead screwdriver fell on the engine bay. It was initially caught between the battery wires but it fell ALL the way down to god knows where in my engine bay, spent 2 hours trying to find it my 100F California garage and gave up.

So is it safe just to leave the Flathead down there? will it eventually fall off? its one of those short fat ones with the plastic grip. Arrggghhh... pissing me off knowing something is in my engine bay thats not suppose to be there.

[kevin@bavarianx]

You could jack up the car and attempt to unbolt the plastic covers or start smacking the bottom to move the screw driver towards the rear so it will fall right out.

[wchoy]

yea its probably caught on the under body panelling. id say take the paneling off or try do some WOT run and have it fall out.

[rex5272]

WOT sounds easier, ill do it on a steep on ramp
But how would i know it fell?

[wchoy]

do it in front of your house on the street and when you drive back go slow and look for it.

[MSPORTWORLD]

Lol what a worthless thread

[._.]

Originally Posted by rex5272

WOT sounds easier, ill do it on a steep on ramp
But how would i know it fell?

Lol, you can look on the ground. Just jack the car up and unbolt the paneling, its not that hard. If you are tooling around in your engine bay I imagine you have all the equipment necessary.

[cn555ic]

I dropped alot of stuff and a couple of bolts from the underpanel and the object is retrieved...Very easy...Just as long as the object or tool is not hitting any moving parts ex belts, pulleys you should be fine even if you dont get it out!

[Bimmer This]

take it off-roading on some washboard dirt roads. you should be able to "shake" it loose and it should fall right onto the belly pan.

[M3 Eater]

I do this alot. One of those magnetic wands from autozone, 8$ will help you retrieve this. I keep one with the car at all times. Just go fising for it. If this doesn't work, just remove the screws on the back side of the belly pan on the driver side. This should allow you enough room to pry it open and reach your hand in there and grab it.

Good luck

[rex5272]

i have a fear of going "under" my car

[shifterboy45]

Originally Posted by rex5272

i have a fear of going "under" my car

thats a new one.. maybe it would be better if you had an airplane.
then again thats pretty intimidating also

[ExpensiveTaste]

Just get under the car and start banging on the bellypan until you hear something come back down and you know where it is. That's what I always do.

[Brey335i]

Originally Posted by rex5272

i have a fear of going "under" my car

Yeah. Imagine if the screwdriver wasn't the only thing that fell

In all seriousness... you should try to open up the underbody panels and it will probably drop right out

[wazup773]

I bet its still sitting under the car on the belly pan. I dropped some screws before which I never got out until I did my downpipe install and they were sitting in the belly pan.

[rex5272]

Got to a steep hill... WOTed... heard a click... looked at the rear view.. saw a flying red flathead screw driver bounce on the road...

Id like to say sorry to the old lady in the gold lexus RX that the flathead hit

hahaha FIXED

[Sniz]

Originally Posted by rex5272

Got to a steep hill... WOTed... heard a click... looked at the rear view.. saw a flying red flathead screw driver bounce on the road...

Id like to say sorry to the old lady in the gold lexus RX that the flathead hit

hahaha FIXED

much safer for everyone if you got it out without sending it flying down the road.

[SpmnE9zero]

Act like it never happened, forget about it!

Stop being such a girl! Take the panels off and get the damn thing!
As long as this thread has been opened you could be done with a screwdriver back in its rightful place in the tool box.

[rex5272]

I know... well i borrowed some rhino ramps just because i trust them more than a jack, i was gonna try tonight but too late now. its not that big of a flathead anyways, its from that cheap $9 tool box from autozone lol

[twinturbopg]

u should be fine...while working on my car things have dropped from a screw to a extension and they were never recovered lol well till I got my exhaust and the folks that installed it found it. except the screw its gone. you should be fine.

[dmurray14]

man i forget how spoiled i am having access to a lift!

[Jonny550]

Originally Posted by dmurray14

man i forget how spoiled i am having access to a lift!

Your a lucky dude, I went to the extent of looking up how much it would cost for a personal garage lift. Just becuase i love installing all my parts on my own lol.


I prolly have about 3plds of misclanneous crap bolts,screwdrivers etc. in my engine bay. Chill out.