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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 06:44 PM
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ok so i was swaping out the TBand my clutsy *** droped a bolt well it turns out it fell into that big round thing on the front of the motor and it wont come out the bottem as it does't fit. question is am i screwd if i fire it up will it just bounce around and possably make some noise or do i have to start pullen shiat apart?? its the round thing the belt runs on(the bottem of it) just to the left of the power steering one. thanks for your help. Mike
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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 06:56 PM
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That's your water pump pulley. Id try to use a flexible magnet to fish it out.
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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 06:59 PM
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i dont have one and i tried a coat hanger but that didn't work..
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Old Jun 7, 2006 | 07:03 PM
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i just had it running.. you can hear it rolling around in the bottem of the pully. i guess im going to have to drive it like it is for now till i can get some kind of magnet in thier or just tear it all apart if i relly have to. who knows maybe it will fall out.. i just hope it doesn't damage anything.
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ok i got a magnet but it turns out the bolts are NOT magnetic.. Now what? how do i take off the pully?
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Old Jun 8, 2006 | 08:06 PM
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can you just drive down a steep decline and slam on the brakes?
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Old Jun 8, 2006 | 08:12 PM
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na the pully enclosed so to say so that wouldn't do anything really.. its the big pully under the TB.
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Old Jun 8, 2006 | 10:23 PM
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The bolts have got to be magnetic. You can fish it out if you try hard enough. I dropped one into my oil pan with the motor installed into the car and got the bitch out the front. I was 1 day away from pulling the motor when I pulled the bitch out.
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Old Jun 9, 2006 | 06:33 AM
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im telling you they are NOT magnetic. if they are even a little bit its not enough to be able to get it out. i think im just going to have to pull the water pump. not what i wanted to do but thats the last straw.
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Old Jun 9, 2006 | 08:26 AM
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Yeah, just pull the waterpump, its not that hard. probably a half hour job. Make sure youve got an extra gallon of dexcool ready to fill the radiator back up.
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Yeah, just pull the waterpump, its not that hard. probably a half hour job. Make sure youve got an extra gallon of dexcool ready to fill the radiator back up.

I agree with him, pull the pump, it's no big deal.
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yeah i pulled the pump. just gotta figure out if i need to "bleed" the lines and how. because now thier is no coolant up top
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Old Jun 9, 2006 | 06:05 PM
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No bleed lines, just run the motor with teh cap off and keep topping off the radiator. You need to wait for the thermostat to open up so you should probably run the car for atleast 20 minutes. watch to make sure it dosnt overheat.
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