Lash Caps....Seven Came Off

Funny lash cap story.
So I've got the hot rod Honda motor for the go kart 75% together. The billet rod, flat top, big :rolleyes: cam, ported head, stainless valves, the bottom end is all sealed up. I put the rockers on and the lash caps. Time to set the valve lash. Rotate the rocker towards the valve stem. There goes the lash cap right down the valley for the push rods directly to the crank case :eek:. Now 200cc Hondas aren't very heavy, let's turn it upside down and give it a good shake. Nothing. OK, a magnet, nope the magnet is too big to fit down the push rod orifice. Smaller probe I need. Found that. Let's experiment out here on the workbench. little magnet is too small to magnetize the long probe. Bigger magnet. Hmmm, only bigger magnet I have is the OE flywheel that has a tendency to grenade when revved much above the limit that the governor sets. Retrieved the lash cap from the crankcase with the 12" long screwdriver attached to the magnet on the flywheel. Glad no one was around to take pictures :rofl: They do provide a much better target for those tiny valve stems to hit the rockers.