i had the intake manafold bolts in the holes so i knew where to find them... when taking one of them out, i lost my grip on it, and it went down the whole the distributor goes down in.... i have a very bad sinking feeling that i am royally $crewed!

i put my finger in the to see if i could feel it, and all i felt was the cam... is their an easy way to get this out?

i just got the engine in last week, and i really dont want to have to take it back out...

jon

 

Try using a magnetic pick up tool, or the one with the expanding claw. They have them at most parts stores.

 

Do what Simon says,

I lost a bolt in the dist hole and retrieved it with one of those magnet things. The hardest thing is the magnet trys to stick to everthing else on its way down the hole.

 

their is still a problem with that.... i cant even see the damn bolt... i see the timing gear, and thats about it....

damn do i feel stupid....

 

Is the iol pump shaft installed? If not, and you can't see it at all, it may be in the lifter valley. The magnet pick up would work best for this. Just a thought.



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Joshua Johnston
1991 Z-28


350, T-5, K&N, Ported Vortec heads, Edelbrock RPM, Holley 750 D.P., HEI, 11.07:1 CR, Comp Cams Roller-.510"/.520"-282*/288* dur., Shorty Headers, Dual 2.5 Exhaust,Dynomax Bullet Mufflers, T&R Motorsports custom air intake

 

I hear ya! I did the same thing once. I had to take the intake manifold off and the bolt was sitting under the spider that holds the lifters in place. Maybe you're lucky and it didn't fall all the way to the bottom of the engine.

 

my intake is off.... what does the iol pump shaft look like? if never fully disasembled my engine... all i see is the timinmg gear and some other gear thing....

jon

 

if i cant get the bolt out with a magnet or claw, what do i have to do to get it out?

jon

 

I did this not too long ago. You're pretty much pulling off the oil pan. You might be able to get it without lifting the engine but most likely you will have to lift it. It's not [i]that[\i] bad. what if you didn't realize that you dropped the bolt in there. that would be bad.

 

so i wont have to pull out the cam or the crank? cause THAT is what im afraid of.. i have never dug into my motor that deep, the deepest i ever got was pulling off the heads....

anyways, friday (payday) im gonna go and buy a magnetic or claw tool.

thanx...

jon

 

The oil pump shaft sticks up beside the cam gear, the distributor turns it when the cam turns the distributor gear. It is directly down the distributor hole.

Hopefully it is in your lifter valley, if not its probably sitting at the bottom of your oil pan. Now you see why I shove a piece of newspaper in that hole when I have my dist. out.

[This message has been edited by rezinn (edited August 29, 2001).]

 

yeah, i did that when i had the engine out of the car.... for some reason, i took it out when the engine was in.... i hate details...

thanx guys! im just glad i dont have to pull out the cam or anything.... i dont need to get that deep into my engine.

thanx

jon

 

got it out in 5 minutes.... i heard a click, looked at the magnet, and their it was....

thanks much for your suggestion, here i was freaking out over something stupid.

jon