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Old May 10, 2020 | 09:12 AM
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Do NOT drop a bolt while working on your Mini

Just a bit of advice...

Simple 10 minute job to change out the turbo bypass valve controller turned into a nightmare when I dropped one of the bolts. I found the bolt behind the rear heat shield beind the catalytic converter two days later after taking the whole front end off. The kicker was I was doing this as a preventative measure, not even necessary.

Reminded me of a Pachinko machine for those of you who know what that is.




 

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Old May 10, 2020 | 04:03 PM
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Ah yes I remember those days or I should say late nights working on my 03 SRT-4. It was like a worm hole opened up in the engine bay and just swallowed up fallen bolts. Lost and gone forever.
 
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Old May 10, 2020 | 04:42 PM
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LOL!

Based on those pictures, the thread title should have been “How to retrieve a dropped bolt”
 
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