So I went out to my truck this morning, set my keys down so i could fix my driver side windshield wiper(the blade hooks had come off the track due to some ice a while back) here is where i made my mistake.

I set the keys right where the hood, fender, and plastic piece that go between the hood and windshield. Of course my keys fell, but I cannot tell where they went!

They did not fall out and hit the ground, i doubt they are under the mater cylinder or washer tank, but maybe. My hand is to big to get under there. So they could be in any number of places, but I don't want to tear the whole side of the truck off if i don't have to.

I am at college, but do not live on campus so i have basically no tools or access to them. I have a few pairs of pliers and a hammer.

Has anyone ever done this? Any ideas to try and find the keys, or how to take the fender off in as little as possible? With out wrenches this is going to be a huge pain. Any ideas will help thanks guys.

 

I would get a wire coat hanger and fish between the fender and the firewall behind the inner fender well.

 

Open the door and look along the bottom of the fender where it bolts onto the body. All the melted water off the windshield the other winter ran down there and froze up right in front of the door on mine so there must be some form of direct channel between the hood hinge area and the bottom of the fender.

 

Well I got them out(plus some medium density foam). I tried the coat hanger and couldn't get them. I also tried a flexible magnet. The only thing that ended up working was getting under the truck and shoving my hand in between the fender liner and the fender its self. Some kind of foam was in the way, ripped it out and out came the keys. There were some sharp edges but chicks dig scars right?

Moral of the story is, don't be an idiot like me.