Re: Aw Sh_t Thanks!

[freshapple <freshapple@mac.com>]

    Well, thanks for all the clever suggestions.  When
I had the driver's side rear tail light out, I was able to put my right
arm through the taillight cut out and bend my arm down in there to get
the ratchet out.  It took a little patience, maneuvering, and focus
of concentration, but I was able to reach in there and grab it.  I
was afraid I might get my arm stuck in a weird position and not be able
to get it out, but this was not the case.  Whew...

DanK
'87 16V Black
My Scirocco Page

Aaron Ness wrote:

Like some else said, hope it's on the right side.  Same thing just happened
to me with my parts car, and that's how I got it out.  Otherwise, I think
removing the rear bumper mounts will give you a little better access, and a
*flexible* magnetic pickup tool might be srong enough to get it.  I say
flexible because I couldn't reach with my rigid telescoping magnet.

Aaron
'82 Scirocco
'84 Scirocco - parts
'70 Bug - Hibernating
'87 Jeep Cherokee 4.0

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of freshapple
> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 7:24 AM
> To: scirocco list
> Subject: Aw Sh_t
>
>
>     Here's a tricky one for you all...
> I was taking my tail light out of my '87 16V and I
> accidentally dropped
> the ratchet into the body fender and it fell way down in there in the
> corner(f_ck).  Any ideas on how I can get it out?  I might
> try to put my
> hand through the taillight hole once I have it out.  I'm sure some of
> you have dropped tools in worse places, but this is is a good
> one.  I'll
> let you know how it turns out...
>
> DanK
> '87 16V Black
>
>
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