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Socket down in the front brace box section

Bob Hughes said:
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Doh**!@ just lost my half inch socket down the front brace box section whilst removing the clutch master cylinder.

I have had the mirror out and I can see it down there, has any one had any great success using either a flixible claw or a telescopic magnet in this situation? :nopity:

Bob

My shop has lots of telescoping magnets, magnets on flex tubing, magnets on fiberglass rods, short claws, long claws, claws that flex, flex fiber-optics with magnets. I drop lots of stuff and even if it's just on the ground, I'm happy if it's iron, cause my back is shot. But I was showing off my v12 one day about five years ago, to the Fed Ex driver and he fiddled with one of the engine cover 1/4 turn screws that are spring loaded and it has not been seen since. Took me two years of searching the net to find a couple in the UK for $20. Then there was the time that my Snap-on 10 mm socket dropped into my wife's dash and has not come back out yet. Magnets and claws were useless in both cases but they are never more than arms reach away.
 
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