Date:         Tue, 2 Dec 1997 21:43:14 -0800
Reply-To:     "harald.nancy" <harald.nancy@MCI2000.COM>
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From:         "harald.nancy" <harald.nancy@MCI2000.COM>
Subject:      Re: Running a tranny with plastic bits
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>
>Dave wrote 12/1/97:
> Ok, I have been agonizing over dropping the tranny on my syncro as I lost
a
> little plastic tip of one of those transmission fluid funnels into the
tranny.
> I have tried sucking the damn thing out by a number of methods and with a
> number of different sized tubes but to no avail.

Before you drop the transmission, you should try the following:
Go to Home Depot and buy a piece of 4 feet long 1/4" inside diameter vinyl
tubing.
Attach this to the end of a vacuum cleaner hose, and make an airtight
connection
with duct tape. To have more directional control with the little vinyl
tubing, you can
tape it to a 4 foot long piece of solid copper grounding wire. Now you can
bend this
to any shape, so you can get down there where the  lost plastic tip might
be.
I've tried this with my vacuum, and it definitely does pick up things.
You can experiment picking up similar objects with this vacuum tube.
If you practice enough on a mock setup, you might catch that little thing.
Keep trying. I wouldn't give up that easily.
Harald
'90 westy