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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 12:32 AM
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Drop a socket in the bell housing while trying to bleed the clutch...it results in a not fun night of unhooking the tranny and separating it from the bell to retrieve the once lost problem that could have caused massive damage that little bastard socket had me under the car all night!!!
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 12:36 AM
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hehe thnks for the tip
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 12:43 AM
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HA thats like swapping trans and forgettin to put the stall in after its bolted up lol

alchohal was involved... but not with my car it was with a friend of mines
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 01:53 AM
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That's why I tape the **** out of the socket/ ratchet
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 07:30 AM
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Hahaha, in all the bleeds I've done I've yet to do that (knock on freakin wood...especially since I'm about to help my buddy install and bleed his new master ). That does suck, though, and I'm always afraid it's going to happen. It basically turns a simple 20-30 minute bleed into a many-hour trans swap. BOOOOOO.........
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I did it twice, but I just removed the starter and fished it out with a magnet. Took less than 10 minutes.
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 07:03 PM
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yeah i tried that trick however i didnt have a magnet and the car was down in the middle of the night without another ride and i had to have it up and running for court this morning it was a long night and those hard to reach bolts really **** you off when you have to take them out due to your own stupidity lol forgetting the stall is pretty bad though
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