My 5.4 Ate My Socket!!
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My 5.4 Ate My Socket!!
I was working on my 98 Expe 5.4 and I dropped a 7mm socket and 3" extension. It fell by the #7 coil plug and went down under the intake. I looked for about 30 minutes. I can't find the darn thing. I used a flashlight but I couldn't see very well. I also fished a magnetic wand around the intake area with no luck. Also, while looking there is a large piece of plastic in there that I guess is broken from something. Its too big to pull out. Is that part of the lower intake? I don't have any motor issues, no CEL's. But I am very concerned about that. Has anyone dropped a tool in this area and how did you find it and retrieve it? And does anyone know what is in the intake area that is plastic that could have broken?
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not sure what the plastic piece is but did drop my ext. and socket when i was changing out my iac. it took forever in a day to get it out, using a extended magnet and a few choice words and some time. as far as the piece maybe you can get a shot of it some kind of way.
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Did a google search and found out its an insulator in there. I guess quite a few people have found it dried up and broken in there. So I'm not too worried. I'll see if I can break it and pull out the pieces. I bet my socket and extension are hiding under it. I did take a pic, but you can't really see it thru the small space.
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Fished around again today with no luck on the socket and extension. Oddly enough with the magnet, I pulled out a small bolt with a washer attached to it. No idea where it came from. Its got an 8mm head on it and its about an inch and a half long. Biggg, maybe I'll make my 7 year old reach in there.
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I seem to remember working on my truck, front end up in the air (higher than the rear so that the vehicle is at an angle) and working on a coolant leak at the thermostat housing. Point is, I remember water running down the intake valley and running out the back of the engine around the transmission. If you were working around the #7 coil, it might be back near the rear of the engine and worth trying to access from underneath. Maybe a magnet on a long, flexible extension? I'm not sure how feasible that is as I don't recall how much room there is from the bottom side.
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