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On 13 Jul 2005 at 16:23, Timothy Kender wrote: > Would it not be easier to use a strong magnet to drag the loose bolt > along the body of the housing to the nearest exit point? I've got > magnets that can lift 20 pounds! I'd probably use one weaker than this. > Surely could this not work too? The problem with this would be getting the magnet to NOT stick to the fan (which is steel) instead. IF the noisemaker is actually in the bottom, AND IF it is actually steel (not just a stone), then: I wonder if it would be possible to use this to your advantage. Suppose you took a cow magnet and attached a cord (epoxy) to it. Then carefully stick it down the generator cooling hole (after removing the generator.) You might be able to get it to stick in the fan fins in such a way that it was sticking out from the face of the fan. Then turn the engine CCW about 1/2 turn and then back again. The noisemaker should now be stuck to the magnet and you should be able to retrieve it back out thru the generator cooling hole. The string is there just in case you drop the magnet, assuring you that you won't just make things worse. OTOH, I'd be willing to bet that the noisemaker is either non-magnetic or is a bolt that will require fan removal to fix. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~