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Re: [Healeys] Where does the bolt go?

To: Robert Duquette <robertduquette@sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Where does the bolt go?
From: I Erbs <eyera3@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:52:49 -0700
look for something else, it will then show up.....

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Robert Duquette <
robertduquette@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> I looked for more than a half of an hour.  It's there somewhere ...
> :)  When I saw the little (brass) nut it was black.  I tried a few times to
> grab it with the magnet.  It wouldn't.  Then finally, I "pushed" it with
> the
> magnet to dislodge it and have it fall to the floor.
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------
> > Robert,
> >
> > Remember these little hardware pieces can bounce & travel for long
> distances
> > when hitting the garage floor. Keep looking.
> > Also, is there something special in Canada that allows brass to become
> > magnetic?
> >
> > Craig Rice (Indiana)
> > BN1 & BN2
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Robert Duquette"
> >
> > >I was re-attaching the rad and thinking to myself how easy this was
> > >compared
> > > to the replacing the one on a spridget ... ( Note to self: please stop
> > > thinking positive thoughts until it's over and tested. )
> > > I had the top bolts well started and thought that I had the LH lower
> one
> > > started and was on the right side trying to align the rad to the lower
> > > bracket
> > > and get that one started when I heard a 'tink' from the other side and
> the
> > > rad
> > > shifted. I shine the worklight over to the other side, and sure enough,
> > > there
> > > it was ... gone! I searched high and low and felt around where I
> couldn't
> > > see
> > > and even probed around with my newly acquired magnet on a stick to no
> > > avail!
> > > Well, I did come into possession of a small brass nut and a spare
> washer,
> > > but
> > > they are unrelated to anything that I've ever done. The magnet did a
> real
> > > good job of getting the brass nut! I used it to dislodge it and push it
> > > to
> > > where gravity took over. So where the heck did it go? It didn't make it
> > > to
> > > the floor. Do I have to be looking for something else to be able to
> find
> > > this
> > > bolt and washer?
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