To much other things going on at this time, things that are a higher priority.what still???
Nooooo!
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mopar head
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I always thought they were captured until a few years ago when one came out in my hand.
let's not focus on how we got here but instead to figure out how to get out of the situation at hand.
but that's good to know how you would've done it. that'll come in handy if you ever get a car and by some miracle work on it.
I've had those clips try to
First thing I would probably do is to remove the intake manifold. Just as a thought of precaution, if a clip is loose in the distributor housing, either pull it out with a needle nose pliers or duct tape it to the housing.
Long mag on a wire
Fishing....
Fishing....
Jeff Seighman
aka jeffnmo
A light squeeze on the open end where that clip goes with vise grips and it will never fall off again, and still rotate.
I've never dog people on how they build their motors, I did say how to prevent a clip from falling off the distributor housing. I've tuned up some engines in my time and I've had those clips come loose but I never lost one by doing what I said to do and that's either remove the clip or duct tape it to the housing that totally eliminates it falling into the engine or the floor, etc.
a70duster
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" It's a lttle too late to do the right thing now " -- Tanya Tucker
mopar head
DoD nuisance Alien/Squatch extermination team
Well? find it?99.9% sure I dropped the distributor clamp down the distributor hole!! Huge thing too.
La small block 318
Looks like that.
So, should I start by taking the intake off first? Or sump?
Can't see it down there. Tried with a magnet.
I've spent the last hour looking all around the engine can't see it so my only guess is down the pot!
Tanya, I'm surprised you live in Missouri.
What's the dumbest thing you ever did while working on a car ?
You know, I can't think of anything because I pay attention to what I'm doing and always plan ahead for the what ifs
mygasser
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threw it outta his pram, lol.
That's what I was thinking, but thought I would ask before mistakedly drawing a conclusion.
Just like the op dropping the clip off the distributor, I would've either removed it or tape it to the distributor housing, that's planning ahead for the what ifs
mopar head
DoD nuisance Alien/Squatch extermination team
He`s too embarrassed to tell us he found it in his shirt pocket... allegedly 
Exactly the same, luckily I found it after a couple of hours was convinced it had dropped inside the carb.I know the pain, small ss flat washer slid off my air cleaner, couldn`t find it anywhere, being ss magnet wouldn`t work, I tore the whole top end off the engine, heads and all. Found it years later in a crotch of the ds header.
If you have headers look in there.
There are a lot of mistakes in that post.
What happened to him was completely avoidable
He`s too embarrassed to tell us he found it in his shirt pocket... allegedly
No, thats what I’d do. Or have it fall off and I pick it up and set it in some stupid place thinking I’ll know EXACTLY where it is.
And then I spend hours looking for it.
I did it yesterday. I have my gearbox apart. I took first gear off the main shaft and left second on there.
I started putting it back together and I'mo telling you I looked for over 45 minutes for that stupid second gear. I looked everywhere. I even got ahold of @MOPARMAGA to ask him if he saw where I set the damn thing because he was here when it came apart.
Finally I said screw it, I'm heading in for lunch and I look at the main shaft and there’s 2 gears on it! First gear is in my hand and the the input is still in the main housing.
I punched out, went to lunch and took the rest of the day off.
That’s a regular deal around this place.
What should I keep in mind when I rebuild my next car. I don't waant to make any mistakes and you sound like the person that could be very helpful. Please don't leave anything out of your response as I don't want to do something that is completely avoidable.
mygasser
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i find myself going to my tool cab' and not remembering what i wanted, i have to go back to the job to see what it was. getting old sucks
neil.
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