Uh OH.....OOPS!

[fredintoon]

Hi t3,
perhaps I was a blacksmith in a previous life? And as you have shown that a paperclip really does work, yours is a simpler solution. However, I have all manner of stub ends of welding wire bent into hooks'n'stuff right handy in the garage to reach out and grab at need.
To get a paperclip I'd have to go into the house, take my workboots off and wash my hands before I could go upstairs to the office and find a paperclip. What with getting myself a coffee just because I was passing by the kitchen and that seguing into an early lunch I'd have forgotten how the carb went back together by the time I got back out there again.

[t3rmin]

fred: Can't argue with convenience! ;-)

I, too, will do whatever it takes to keep my butt firmly planted! But since I have plenty of paperclips in the house and no welding wire anywhere, sometimes I must venture outside the garage. Although come to think of it, I've got safety wire out there that woulda worked *without* having to go inside. There's always something easier. ;-)

[Ken Talbot]

Sure, a paperclip will work:



The rest of the tech article is here



BTDT...

[t3rmin]

Since posting in this thread I've had two slide needle springs and one needle e-clip sproing across the garage, never to be seen again. I managed to fashion replacement springs from one I found at the hardware store, and I'll have to go looking for an e-clip tomorrow since that one escaped just tonight. Grr.

[skids]

If your garage floor is relatively clean, you might try turning off the overhead lights, then get a flashlight and get close to the floor, and scan the floor while holding the beam of light flat along the floor. It helps illuminate anything there.

Originally posted by t3rmin
Since posting in this thread I've had two slide needle springs and one needle e-clip sproing across the garage, never to be seen again. I managed to fashion replacement springs from one I found at the hardware store, and I'll have to go looking for an e-clip tomorrow since that one escaped just tonight. Grr.

[t3rmin]

Well I found a workable e-clip at an auto parts store today. Still no sign of the missing springs or clip. I scoured the floor with a trouble-light last night. Probably woulda had more luck in the daylight today, but I was fed-up so I went shoppin' for a replacement.

Hopefully I get this thing jetted right soon, or I'll have lost and replaced every sproingable part in those carbs after dismantling them 300 times...

[Crazcnuk]

You can try dragging a magnet around on a string as well. Amazing what 'invisible' items will show up on the magnet.


Or... get one of those robotic vacuums and let it loose in the garage over night!

[t3rmin]

Or... get one of those robotic vacuums and let it loose in the garage over night!

Now *that's* an idea!

[BrianB]

get one of those robotic vacuums and let it loose in the garage over night!

I second that. What a fantastic idea. Hum....

[AlanB]

Hi Guys,

Or just strip the carbs on a tray, so things don't roll away...........

Or, if you are prone to things going "SPROING!" get a big cardboard box, cut it down so it is 18" high at the front, and work in there, so it is like a giant, high sided tray.............

Anything you drop will be inside your "catch tank", and it also ensures that all the bits are kept fairly clean!

When you are finished, just fold it up and dump it!

Take care; fuel-soaked card can be hazardous........

AlanB