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On Sun, 2003-11-16 at 17:17, Greg Merritt wrote: > > I'll cut to the chase -- I was installing the AT filler tube > upper bolt, up on the top rear of the AT. Using a rachet with a deep > socket. Socket comes free from the wrench as I'm fumbling around... > I'm ready for it to fall and hit me in the face, or at least have it > go rolling across the drive... but I just hear a solid "thunk" up > above my head. > > Ok, so it landed on something and didn't hit the ground. > > I've spent about an hour pretending to be that deep 10mm > socket, groping every likely (and unlikely) place it could have come > to rest. Checked my shirt, jacket, pockets, the ground all around, > in case it actually made it farther down and I just didn't catch it. > > Now, I found that there's a hole at the top left of the > tranny in the bell housing area where it meets the engine. I can fit > my finger down into that hole, kind of rearward. I believe that the > socket fell down in by all the... torque converter(?) (you know, > where the clutch *isn't*, so to speak). > > I disconnected the coil wire and turned the engine over a > bunch in the hopes (or fear) of hearing it rattling around. Nope. > > Any advice? It's one of those weird moments where I could > just ignore the issue and go to the store and get another 10mm > socket, and never solve the mystery... or risk destroying my > crankcase and/or tranny bits when I get half way down the street. > Would it just come to rest and bumble around in the bottom of that > space? Or is it going to wedge itself when the engine's at speed and > really rip things to shreds? > Let me go out and look at my spare automatic, and see what I can see. I will try an duplicate dropping the socket. In the mean time, DO NOT START THE ENGINE..... -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org