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Phil, You might try a magnet on a stick (you know, the flexible, made-of-spring type things.) Maybe that, with shaking, will get it as your case is nonmagnetic and the nut is. Good luck! Toby B Philip Dillard wrote: > > Re my previous posting about the errant nut that fell into my almost > fully assembled engine, I am trying to think of some easy way to > extract the nut when (and IF) I go home tonight. > > Here are my ideas in ascending order of complexity: > > 1. Invert the engine and hope the nut falls back out the same way > it went in. (As an added touch, shake it the way a bartender > does a coctail?) > > 2. Purchase some kind ( what?) of thin, flexible tool with a > magnet on the end to reach down into the case. > > 3, Remove the head, pistons and cylinders from one side of the > engine and try to reach the nut via the side openings. > > 4. Split the case. > > 5. Slit my throat! > > Does anyone out there have a handy-dandy suggestion for EASILY > getting that nut out of my case? > > PLEASE help bring my blood pressure down below 300 over 180! > > I appreciate your thinking of me when you hear the word " nut ". > > Phil (maybe I'll just drive my Chrysler forever) Dillard > dillard@suu.edu > > "You can't teach a mouse new clicks."