Nooooo!

[Dartswinger70]

I'd fish it with a magnet has to be in the area...if it went anywhere its either just into the lifter valley where you cant see it or it went down near the dist gear /oil pump drive etc.

 

[TT5.9mag]

It seriously takes 10 minutes to have the intake off. Less if you already have the distributor out. Just yank it, and move forward. You’ve spent more time here talking about it. If it isn’t sitting in the valley at least you’ll know. Worst case scenario is it slipped down along side or passed the oil pump drive gear. Then the engine comes apart. Good luck.

 

[cudamark]

As long as it not jammed in the drive gear/shaft, what's it going to hurt? It could sit at the bottom of the pan for a million miles and not bother a thing. I've pulled apart worn out engines that have had all sorts of things in the pan.....from sockets, to nuts, bolts, washers, etc....

 

[Dartswinger70]

yeah I mean if it is down in the hole it is either in the first opening of the cam lobes or it went down near the oil pump drive...it didnt slide all the way up to the timing chain or anything...

 

[Ottmundr]

Well, since you lost the dizzy clip in the engine, its obvious that the 318 is scrap and it's time to replace it with a stroked 400!

 

[Dan the man]

What's so funny?

 

[67/6barracuda]

Dude get you one of these magnet and a light

 

[PRH]

If all else fails, I guess you’ll have to put the car on a rotisserie, flip it over and shake it till the clip falls out of the hole.

 

[mopar head]

If all else fails, I guess you’ll have to put the car on a rotisserie, flip it over and shake it till the clip falls out of the hole.

One way to drain the oil

 

[Dan the man]

I haven't read every post, have you looked down the distributor hole? If you didn't see it then your next best thing to do is take off the intake manifold as it's probably laying in the lifter valley. I don't think that it went passed the camshaft

 

[jos51700]

Pull the intake first, that's crazy easy compared to pulling the oil pan

 

[mygasser]

What's so funny?

did you buy a car yet he asked
neil.

 

[go-fish]

Here's a cool little camera option for $25.

 

[Dan the man]

did you buy a car yet he asked
neil.

No

 

[eekvonzipper]

No

and This is why noone wants Your advice...

 

[MOPAROFFICIAL]

Go to your Harbor Freight and get yourself a snake camera, they're lit to see.. and just make sure its not in the valley.
If it went all the way down to the pan... fk it . The screen in the pickup would have to be torn or gone to get sucked up.. so just Stick a chunk of speaker magnet at the back of the pan and call it a day.

 

[MOPAROFFICIAL]

and This is why noone wants Your advice...

Ouch lol

 

[Dartswinger70]

Its a 318? oh it will just grind it up and send it to the oil filter...ever hear of a "Rock Crusher
"transmission? yeah kinda the same...

 

[TT5.9mag]

and This is why noone wants Your advice...

 

[Dan the man]

and This is why noone wants Your advice...

and This is why noone wants Your advice...

In case you didn't realize or understand, owning a car has nothing to do with having knowledge of them. Classic example is the post about a member dropping a part off the distributor, I could've taken care of that in less than a hour same thing with the stuck oil filter.

 

[MOPAROFFICIAL]

Ahh, The ole .."visualize it.. and it will be" approach. Yeahh seee

 

[Dan the man]

So. you'll have Both Issues resolved in an hour then. Okay, got it.

No sense in being rude about it. He claimed that he couldn't see it with the distributor out, so the easy solution is to remove the intake manifold, chances of it going passed the cam are slim due to the shape of the climp. The oil filter, first thing is to be sure that it's clean, not all greasy, then put a filter wrench close to the base of the filter and adjust the wrench for the best grip and then move the handle even the smallest distance it moves is good once it moves you can grip it and turn it or put a wrench that is designed to go onto the end of the filter and they can be turned with a rachet or box end wrench. Going by the photo he posted he had lots of room, I've dealt with super tight oil filters many times and I never had to drive a screw driver through one. If you got room for a chisel then you have room for the oil filter wrench. I honestly believe that you guys don't want to give me credit for anything just because I don't have a classic car and not having a car doesn't mean that somebody doesn't have knowledge or experience with working on car's, that's like telling a carpenter that he doesn't know what he's doing because he lives in a apartment.

 

[junkyardhero]

No sense in being rude about it. He claimed that he couldn't see it with the distributor out, so the easy solution is to remove the intake manifold, chances of it going passed the cam are slim due to the shape of the climp.

this is incorrect. there is plenty of room for the clip to jump past the cam there at the rear of the block where the intermediate shaft is located and the cam is necked down for the drive gear.

source: am looking at one on the engine stand.

 

[mygasser]

No

what still???

 

[Dan the man]

this is incorrect. there is plenty of room for the clip to jump past the cam there at the rear of the block where the intermediate shaft is located and the cam is necked down for the drive gear.

source: am looking at one on the engine stand.

My question is this, why would anyone remove the distributor before removing the clip if it's loose to begin with? By removing it first would eliminate it falling off the distributor housing and landing on the floor or whatever. The OP could've saved himself a lot of headache and work by removing the clip before he took out the distributor. I've had clips like that and I always removed them before taking out the distributor