idosubaru Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Dropped a TC bolt down the bellhousing access hole of a 1999 EJ22. Trying to help a friend get his car back on the road tonight....this doesn't look good. I heard it jingle a lot - so I assume it went down a ways. I lifted the engine, tried looking with a light and ran a magnet all underneath the torque converter - no dice. With all the noise it made I'm surprised the magnet didn't get it... Do I really have to pull the entire engine again? That sounds absolutely miserable.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairtax4me Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Undo the bolts and let it separate about 1/2" then go fishing again. You could also try turning the engine a half turn either direction in case the bolt is sitting behind the flexplate on a ledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY_Dave Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 Might have gone all the way through and be hiding on the frame between the framne and body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted March 20, 2015 Author Share Posted March 20, 2015 it dropped out, never heard it though so not sure what the final aide was. the engine lift legs were int he way so it must have fell wiithout me seeing it. lifted the engine, moved it around, ran a magnet back in forth under there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idosubaru Posted March 20, 2015 Author Share Posted March 20, 2015 (edited) right on Dave - it may have and then jiggled loose while liting/poking/prodding. and thanks fairtax -i did turn the engine and TC a bit to move things around as well. Edited March 20, 2015 by grossgary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upnorthguy Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Last summer I broke an allen wrench off when I was using it to hold my flex plate (must have been a foreign cheapo!) and heard the stub go rattling down in the belllhousing. I turned the crank by hand a few times to see if I could shake it loose and heard nothing, turned fine so I kept on rolling. When I finally got around to pulling the engine months later I looked for the broken piece and it was nowhere to be found...also must have passed through like Gary's bolt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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