[6pack] buterfingers award

[Foster, Stan]

I think the only access short of taking that panel apart is through the
opening through which the spanner went south. Perhaps you need a BFM (the
magnet equivalent of the legendary hammer) or recruit a friendly laparoscopic
surgeon.

The panel gets narrow at the bottom so perhaps it got wedged and you could
dislodge it with a stiff wire and then grasp it with a tool/magnet

Stan

-----Original Message-----
From: 6pack-bounces+stan.foster=hp.com at autox.team.net
[mailto:6pack-bounces+stan.foster=hp.com at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Oliver
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 4:35 PM
To: 6pack at autox.team.net
Subject: [6pack] buterfingers award

apparently my over enthusiastic mechanic put my license plate on with bolts
instead of machine screws or whatever.

in removing the plate (renewal time) i dropped an open end craftsman wrench
down into the depths of the metal work in the back, just inside of where the
license plate bolts come through.

i practically destroyed my magnetic retirever trying to get it without
success.

anyone familiar with the body work back there?  would i have to rip out the
carpet under the spare tire?  take a torch to it?  is it gone?  or is there
maybe a way i can get to the metalwork at the insde base of the tail?
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