Does anyone know an easy way to get a small socket out of the bellhousing? It slipped off the bleeded valve while bleeding the clutch and I do not want to have drop the transmission again.

 

Removing the starter would be where I'd start...

 

Remove starter. Insert flexible magnet. Problem solved

 

What they said.

On a sidenote whenever I bleed my clutch I tape the socket to the extension so there's no way that biatch can come off.

 

my bellhousing wont let the socket fall in. There is a little lip on the inside. I dunno y , its just a stock 98 trans.

 

well i did the same exact thing when trying to install my water temp sender. i got pissed off bc i couldnt break the plug loose, and the socket fell right in the bellhousing.

endedup having to break att the bolts loose and slide the tranny back as far as it would go on the driveshaft. i didnt have to drop the tranny, but i tried using a flexible magnet and any other tricks i could think of before sliding it back.

and, sliding it back doesnt take too long. so might as well just do that since its gaurunteed to work.