[Healeys] Where does the bolt go?

[Craig Rice]

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" <robertduquette at sympatico.ca>
To: "Healeys" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 9:57 AM
Subject: [Healeys] Where does the bolt go?


>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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