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Rouphis 02-15-2010 05:19 PM

You F$&#ing Bastard!!!
 
So last night I finally got around to replacing my door hinges. Well, on the drivers side, I managed to knock the pressed in bolt/stud/stupidest designed thing in the universe inside the unibody :facepalm: . Does anyone have a good idea about how to get it out that doesn't involve a rotozip and a welder?

Thanks
-Rouphis

Joe Perez 02-15-2010 05:32 PM

Turn the car on its side and shake?

mgeoffriau 02-15-2010 05:33 PM


Originally Posted by Joe Perez (Post 522752)
Turn the car on its side and shake?

Exactly what I was thinking....just like when I'd lose my guitar pick inside the guitar.

dpexp 02-15-2010 05:40 PM

Magnet on a string. (nevermind I fail)

flipt86 02-15-2010 05:42 PM

Magnet on some fishing line...? Worth a shot.

Joe Perez 02-15-2010 05:44 PM


Originally Posted by dpexp (Post 522758)
Magnet on a string.


Originally Posted by flipt86 (Post 522759)
Magnet on some fishing line...? Worth a shot.

You guys do realize that the car itself is made of ferrous metal, right?

NA6C-Guy 02-15-2010 05:46 PM


Originally Posted by Joe Perez (Post 522761)
You guys do realize that the car itself is made of ferrous metal, right?

:laugh: Hey, I got something! A car! I tried this trick in the area around the rear shock mount, on the inside of the trunk where there is that little lip all the way around a larger opening. I succeeded in losing a nut AND 2 36lb pull force neodynium magnets. :giggle: They will forever be stuck to the car where my fingers can't reach to pull them off.

flipt86 02-15-2010 07:50 PM

Lol, thanks Joe. I realize this. :) Still think it would work with some small magnets that were not too powerfull. It depends on how deep these holes are though and also how big the area is at the bottom. What about if you soldered them onto the end of a coat hanger?

johnwag 02-15-2010 07:55 PM

swiss cheese the unibody until it falls out.

NA6C-Guy 02-15-2010 09:27 PM


Originally Posted by johnwag (Post 522844)
swiss cheese the unibody until it falls out.

Mad tyte wait reduczion.

mx5autoxer 02-15-2010 10:23 PM

"...just like when I lose my guitar pick..." :bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl: takes me back to when i was a little kid

Faeflora 02-15-2010 10:45 PM

Great stuff the cavity so there is no rattling.

chicksdigmiatas 02-16-2010 07:04 AM

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Hella JDMz dawg.

olderguy 02-16-2010 07:43 AM

Chew a big wad of gum; wrap it into a loop on a wire coat hanger and go fishing.

thymer 02-16-2010 08:09 AM


Originally Posted by faeflora (Post 522905)
Great stuff the cavity so there is no rattling.

Best one so far. Also increases torsional rigidity.

mx5autoxer 02-16-2010 09:43 AM

Small shop vac maybe. I'm not sure exactly where you lost it or how big the hole is but you could make a pvc and duct tape fitting and suck it out. :naughty:

cueball1 02-16-2010 12:33 PM

Magnet on the coathanger idea I like. Need something you can bend in but stiff enough to guide down.

mgeoffriau 02-16-2010 01:09 PM


Originally Posted by cueball1 (Post 523120)
Need something you can bend in but stiff enough to guide down.

That's what she said.

Savington 02-16-2010 01:14 PM

I lost one of those when I put the doors back on after repainting the car. I just left it. I can't say that it caused a new rattle, since I can't really hear anything except the exhaust.

mgeoffriau 02-16-2010 01:19 PM

Oh, I just figured out the solution.

Take a pile of dirt and a shovel. Start shoveling that dirt into the hole. As the dirt goes in, the dog will shake the dirt off its back and move around. Slowly the floor of the hole will move up and eventually the dog can just step out of the hole.


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