i dropped a screw in my defroster duct, will this be a big problem? or is there a screen or something there?

mike

 

Youll be fine... if ya wanna get it out though, heres how. Get one of those pen-magnet things. Then, tie a rope to it, drop it down the duct, and pull it up with your screw attached!

 

I did that a while back... do not drivve the car until you get it out. I made that mistake, its worked it's way into the dash far enough the magnet on a rope trick won't work. But I didn't just drop a screw, the end of the socket went with it, so they clank on each other when I go around corners. I am going to try going in through the blower motor to get them out. Good luck!

 

I dropped a few screws down there, I just drive fast and take turns quick..sooner or later it comes out. Just remmeber you were missing it. Took me a month to figure out why there was this loose screw in my car.

 

I did that twice....one with a AA batt LOL, I got both out, then said **** THIS and glued screens to the underside of the dash pad....no more falling objects...

 

how did ya get them out?

a screen is the first thing i plan to do.

mike

 

why did you have an aaa battery on your dash ? and how do you make question mark face thingy, one of those would be appropriate in here right now lol

 

yea i droped a 7mm 1/4 inch drive socket with an extention down there. doesn't make any noise but the worst thing is everythign in the damn car seems to be 7mm lol

 

I dropped a key down there. Well it didn't drop, it was thrown. Firstly, I was heading out to post a letter which for some obscure reason I sat on the dash. I had the window open also and when I took a right turn my letter flew out of the window. First Doh of the day. Then, after running around the road like a complete lunatic to get my letter back (for a cash rebate so it was worth risking life over) I for some other obscure reason put one of my house keys on the dash (don't even comment on this one) and when I hit the brakes, yup you guessed it, I went down the vent. Second Doh of the day. This was in the space of 5 minutes. Hey, I was in a hurry to get to the airport. It was never seen again and hasn't ever made a noise.

Rob

 

i love days like that !!! lol !!

 

I lost a socket down there once (a 7mm ). Haven't seen or heard it since. I assume it's building an advanced civilization in there or something... I'll find it one day though, and it'll be happily reunited with it's metric brothers and sisters and it's SAE brother and sister-in-laws (whom it hates).

 

oh, so its no problem if its down there? the car is totally driveable?

mike

 

although this is not a 15 min job, when I took my dash out it was really easy to get anything that might have been int there. Unfortuantely no one that owned the car before me droped anything in there for a surprise, luckily I have yet to drop anything in there. I like the screen Idea..

John

 

dropping items down defrost ducts wont affect driveability of car, no worries lol

 

No, but it can lock you out of your house :sillylol: