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From: Tegger on 5 Apr 2010 22:04
Vic Smith <thismailautodeleted(a)comcast.net> wrote in
news:b05lr5d41c5tlc2fnff2gp6rq4ohlce335(a)4ax.com:

> On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 01:24:03 +0000 (UTC), Tegger <invalid(a)invalid.inv>
> wrote:
>

>>>>
>>>
>>> A coat hanger. Bend a short hook at the end with pliers.
>>> You get the idea.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>This "DemoDisk"guy posted this identical-same question
>>in alt.autos.honda, independently of his post here.
>>
>>I suggested exactly what you just did, but with a few more details.
>>
>>Hey "DemoDisk", learn to properly cross-post.
>
> Hey Tegger, how about those details?
> Always looking for new tricks.
> Sometimes the most obvious don't come easy.
>


Simple details. I suggested bending slightly /more/ than 90-deg, and
hammering the tip slightly flatter to help get past the rubber gasket if it
happened to be right up against the square hole.


--
Tegger

From: Vic Smith on 5 Apr 2010 22:11
On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 02:04:50 +0000 (UTC), Tegger <invalid(a)invalid.inv>
wrote:

>Vic Smith <thismailautodeleted(a)comcast.net> wrote in
>news:b05lr5d41c5tlc2fnff2gp6rq4ohlce335(a)4ax.com:
>
>> On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 01:24:03 +0000 (UTC), Tegger <invalid(a)invalid.inv>
>> wrote:
>>
>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> A coat hanger. Bend a short hook at the end with pliers.
>>>> You get the idea.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>This "DemoDisk"guy posted this identical-same question
>>>in alt.autos.honda, independently of his post here.
>>>
>>>I suggested exactly what you just did, but with a few more details.
>>>
>>>Hey "DemoDisk", learn to properly cross-post.
>>
>> Hey Tegger, how about those details?
>> Always looking for new tricks.
>> Sometimes the most obvious don't come easy.
>>
>
>
>Simple details. I suggested bending slightly /more/ than 90-deg, and
>hammering the tip slightly flatter to help get past the rubber gasket if it
>happened to be right up against the square hole.

That about covers it for a coat hanger.
Maybe.

--Vic

From: cuhulin on 5 Apr 2010 22:24
If you have a fish hook, try that out.
cuhulin

From: DemoDisk on 6 Apr 2010 00:48

"Tegger" <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote in message
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> Vic Smith <thismailautodeleted(a)comcast.net> wrote in
> news:e0tkr5tajagi8n2puaaktbhumlpda83b80(a)4ax.com:
>
> > On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 18:32:10 -0500, "DemoDisk" <packrat(a)nospam.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>I need something strong to retrieve a wrench socket from a deep
spark
> >>plug port. There's a rubber ring inside to keep out dust, and it
pulls
> >>the socket right off the extension bar when you try to withdraw it.
> >>
> >>I just barely managed to fish it out with one of those 3-prong
grabbers,
> >>and I'd like to know what you would use. Even better if it's some
> >>ordinary thing around the house instead of a specialty item from a
> >>hardware store.
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Jm
> >>
> >
> > A coat hanger. Bend a short hook at the end with pliers.
> > You get the idea.
> >
>
>
>
> This "DemoDisk"guy posted this identical-same question
> in alt.autos.honda, independently of his post here.
>
> I suggested exactly what you just did, but with a few more details.
>
> Hey "DemoDisk", learn to properly cross-post.

Hey, Tegger. I always thought people hated cross posting because it's so
easy. I posted separately to about seven different groups to elicit more
responses and to deter people who go ballistic when you clutter up
'their' NG with cross-posting.

Damned if ya do, damned if ya don't ...


From: N8N on 6 Apr 2010 09:16
On Apr 5, 7:32 pm, "DemoDisk" <pack...(a)nospam.com> wrote:
> I need something strong to retrieve a wrench socket from a deep spark
> plug port.  There's a rubber ring inside to keep out dust, and it pulls
> the socket right off the extension bar when you try to withdraw it.
>
> I just barely managed to fish it out with one of those 3-prong grabbers,
> and I'd like to know what you would use.  Even better if it's some
> ordinary thing around the house instead of a specialty item from a
> hardware store.
>
> Thanks,
> Jm

is it a standard 3/8" drive socket? This is the application for which
locking extensions were invented.

nate
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