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I'm not sure exactly what they're called, maybe grip extension tool, but they're like a stick with a 'gripper' at the end and a lever that lets you control the gripper by pressure handle at the other end?
Anyways, at the big box hardware stores I've seen something like that except it's a compact/skinny version where the gripper is quite small and about the right size to pick up a nut or bolt that's slipped into a crack or crevasse where you just can't reach it by hand alone. I think they might be sold to help get solid objects that have slid into a sink or tub drain.
Depending how far from you is it, fix is to find a ride and go to any parts store and buy a spare cap. Seriously. Calc in all the work you've done, cab would have paid for itself.
i dont lose parts to cars, i lose 1/2 sockets. i have probably bought 30 of those damn things, and if i can find more than four i would be very surprised.
I use a Bora scope to find parts that are not obvious. It has a 1 meter fiber optic and a 4'5 inch monitor. Amazon has them for $88. As soon as you find it then use a mechanical finger extension or a magnetic pick-up tool.
It keeps you from spending time taking things apart.
I'm not sure exactly what they're called, maybe grip extension tool, but they're like a stick with a 'gripper' at the end and a lever that lets you control the gripper by pressure handle at the other end?
Anyways, at the big box hardware stores I've seen something like that except it's a compact/skinny version where the gripper is quite small and about the right size to pick up a nut or bolt that's slipped into a crack or crevasse where you just can't reach it by hand alone. I think they might be sold to help get solid objects that have slid into a sink or tub drain.
Those things work fine when you can actually see what you have dropped. I had no problem picking up the cap when I found where it was hiding.
Lol. I was doing a brake job. The old pads had these shims that you reused. I did the brake job front and rear pads and tire rotation in one hour. Get everything put back up go to close garage door what do I see. One shim. Sitting there innocently reflecting the sun.
I seriously thought about just walking in the house. But I pulled everything back jacked up the car and took everything off and installed to shim. On one wheel. It probably would if made zero difference but I figured it's there for a reason.
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