Re: Nut fell into my down pipe. Fuckin A.

Get one of those flexable magnets. Might even have to find a way to extend it. Or get a coat hanger and just keep trying to scoop it up. Then once you got it close enough use a magnet to grab it.

 

Re: Nut fell into my down pipe. Fuckin A.

Take it off and tip it on end?

 

Re: Nut fell into my down pipe. Fuckin A.

Do you have a cat? What kind of muffler do you have?

 

As intuitive as a magnet seems, its not selectively magnetic and would be hard to get very far down the pipe since its gonna cling to the sides and hang up on every seam or ridge. An electromagnet on the end of a cable would be able to snake down the pipe and when you get close to where the nut is, you can turn it on and drag it out. I think a 9v battery would prolly be strong enough.

 

How do you make an electromagnet with a 9v?


My thought, if you have no cat and a straight through muffler, blow it out.
Or just take off the downpipe.

 

Seal the back of your tailpipe, drop the down pipe and try to suck it our with a strong shop vac.

Or get a strong magnet, try and locate the nut and drag it out from the bottom of the pipe, if that makes any sense. Like if you put a piece of metal on top of a table, and drag it from the bottom with a magnet.

 

Just wind some wire around a nail.

 

Drop one of my exhaust manifold nut when we installed my 16g ... Damn it was one in SS and they're kind of hard to find around here if you don't buy a box of 50.

It went out just by driving but I got a full 3" exhaust ...

 

Just leave it in there and tell noobs it's your turbo spool . Haha, kidding of course. I agree with locating where it is on the downpipe then using a strong magnet on the outside to drag it out. If that doesn't work, maybe you could glue a magnet to a clothes hanger and see if that will be strong enough to grab it.

 

Wtf?
In the time it took you to make this thread you could have removed the exhaust and dumped it out.

 

Seriously, quit being lazy, pull the exhaust off, and turn it up, and shake it. Or do what you're doing already, be lazy, and bitch about it.

Or, stop being a lazy ass and just unbolt the down pipe. Do it right, do it once. As stated, by the time you created this thread and wait for a reply, you could have done it and be done with it.

Fuck all u guys. It was a fuckin question assholes.

And thanks everyone else. I tried a magnet from the outside, but it was clearly not strong enough. I have a straight pipe thats welded in; no cat. I guess I have to unbolt the whole thing.

Once again, fuck you guys above.

 

What you need...

 

Seriously, quit being lazy, pull the exhaust off, and turn it up, and shake it. Or do what you're doing already, be lazy, and bitch about it.

 

 

LMFAO. That's epic.

 

If you can't or don't want to drop the exhaust and tip the nut out, try using a magnet on the outside of the pipe. If it's strong enough, you could probably drag the magnet along the entire length of the pipe from front to back and get the nut to follow along on the inside until you reach the tail pipe. Of course, if the nut is non-magnetic stainless steel, the magnet won't work.

 

Or, stop being a lazy ass and just unbolt the down pipe. Do it right, do it once. As stated, by the time you created this thread and wait for a reply, you could have done it and be done with it.

 

Park on a very steep hill, come up against the stutterbox and sidestep the clutch. The nut might come out then.

And last but not least, quit being a lazy fuck.

 

First I can't believe this thread is 2 pages. Second, the pics are amazing and make this thread. I'm guessing the car was on jackstands when the nut fell in? I would have just lowered the exhaust a bit and tapped on it till the nut went to the downpipe bend and grab it with a cat-paw or magnet. Done.

 

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I have to jack up the car and take 4 bolts off because the guys on the fourms didn't have some magic potion.
Get real.

 

I'd take it to a certified mechanic to make sure the nut didn't damage your muffler bearings.

 

Well that nut surely damaged your exhaust pipe inner coating. You need to have a new exhaust system put on. Maybe this time you could have someone weld in some flanges so you can take it apart when you drop another nut down the damn thing.

 

Or you can take it up to 88mph and go back in time and leave a note to yourself making sure you don't drop the nut in the downpipe, be careful not to interact with your past self as the result of which could cause a chain reaction that would unravel the very fabric of the space time continuum and destroy the entire universe! Granted, that's a worst-case scenario. The destruction might in fact be very localized, limited to merely our own galaxy.

 

Lmfao, best response in the world.

 

Quitcherbitchin!

 

I just paid $400 for AMS, a sort of known mechanic in my area, to professionally remove it. I had to pay for a new exhaust turbine inducer. Happy its finally out though.

Thanks for all the help guys!!

 

LOL yeah I believe you probably would.

 

I have oceanfront property for sale in South Dakota, interested?

 

Wow this site is slowly becoming dsmtooners everyday.. Not because of the dumb questions, but because of the unneeded bashing.