I'm a bonehead!
Hook it, I'll pull it.
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From: Grand Lake, La.
One thing I noticed is, when stuff like this happens, its funny how cool and collected I get after a few Miller Lites. Things seem to go smoother after the first 6-7 of them. Or maybe I don't give a chit any more. 
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From: No.Va.
Got an air compressor ?
If so , blow air behind / under the pulley.
May move it so you can get it.
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From: Newport, WA
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From: Meridian, Idaho
Great idea, I have a compressor at work. I'll try that tonight.
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From: North of Greenville
When I was installing my new 6.0L IC, I dropped one of the radiator bracket screws downinside the hollow radiator support frames... talk about a booger to fish out with that darned telescoping magnet, but we finally got it out without having to completely remove the support frame member.
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From: Happy Valley Or
It's also good for cooling off your finger after you burned it.
I know bad waste of beer but its all I had at the time. Yes there is a story behind it.
Beer is great for washing down those advil after you have been laying on top of your powerstroke for a couple hours trying to change your WW as well.
Hook it, I'll pull it.
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From: Grand Lake, La.
Yep, thats when I do my best thinking and planning, after/while drinking some of that yellow pop. I make all kinds of plans with great ideas.
If only I could remember the plans the next day.
If only I could remember the plans the next day.
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From: Anchorage, AK
Back in college I was renting a nice little pad that was pretty far away from campus but I got my own shop and a nice little lake right out front of it.
This property taught me many things and even some of my friends.
First off, when you get a ton of rain your shop will flood. If your vehicle is on jacks move it before flood waters rise. When water does consume the shop know this, your common tool set will stay at the bottom. Your expensive torque wrenches in those nice little plastics cases.........will float away. And the ******* who lives across the pond will probably not return them when he finds them in his yard next to your spare tire and other floating shop items.
I watched my friend teach me this one. He got mad and decided to turn around and throw his old water pump out the shop door amid a big project before race weekend.
First off, if you are going to toss something, don't aim for a deep body of water.
Second off, if you are going to throw something out of the shop, MAKE SURE YOU WON'T NEED IT AGAIN.
Third, if you can't swim, don't throw important things into the lake.
Fourth, 5.0 water pumps are hard to find at the bottom of muddy lakes.
This property taught me many things and even some of my friends.
First off, when you get a ton of rain your shop will flood. If your vehicle is on jacks move it before flood waters rise. When water does consume the shop know this, your common tool set will stay at the bottom. Your expensive torque wrenches in those nice little plastics cases.........will float away. And the ******* who lives across the pond will probably not return them when he finds them in his yard next to your spare tire and other floating shop items.
I watched my friend teach me this one. He got mad and decided to turn around and throw his old water pump out the shop door amid a big project before race weekend.
First off, if you are going to toss something, don't aim for a deep body of water.
Second off, if you are going to throw something out of the shop, MAKE SURE YOU WON'T NEED IT AGAIN.
Third, if you can't swim, don't throw important things into the lake.
Fourth, 5.0 water pumps are hard to find at the bottom of muddy lakes.
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From: Payson, AZ
I have a couple of extension magnet tools but when I saw a Craftsman with and LED light right in the middle of the magnet I had to get it. It works great as just a small light for those places down in the valley that are hard to light up, or anyplace that is hard to get a large light into.
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From: Melbourne, Florida
Pardon the tiny hijack,
You mean to tell me install isn't as simple as removing the 2 tiny bolts from the pcm under the drivers side dash and pulling it from there and removing the cover to install the tuner
Don't forget throwing things.
When I installed my DP Tuner, I dropped my 10mm deep well while loosening the bolt on the PCM plug. I kicked, shook, and rattled everything I could to try and get it to fall out, looked in there with a flashlight, crawled underneath and looked up from the bottom... never could find that socket. I drove about 2 miles up the road and heard a "PING!" sound and saw something shiny go flying out from under the truck. Bye bye 10mm!
When I installed my DP Tuner, I dropped my 10mm deep well while loosening the bolt on the PCM plug. I kicked, shook, and rattled everything I could to try and get it to fall out, looked in there with a flashlight, crawled underneath and looked up from the bottom... never could find that socket. I drove about 2 miles up the road and heard a "PING!" sound and saw something shiny go flying out from under the truck. Bye bye 10mm!
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From: Newport, WA
Nope, there is a bolt under the hood that hold the wiring harness to the PCM. You can't slide that cover off with the PCM in the truck.
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From: Newport, WA
I have a couple of extension magnet tools but when I saw a Craftsman with and LED light right in the middle of the magnet I had to get it. It works great as just a small light for those places down in the valley that are hard to light up, or anyplace that is hard to get a large light into.