I need to talk to an experienced 6-71 mechanic.

JohnVickrey · October 04, 2015, 04:24:27 PM

Turns out it was a nonissue. I took my new toy out and decided to look in the hole in the top of the bell housing. 2 seconds and I had found the missing bolt. Raked it out with a piece of wire and my sleepless nights are over. On to the next crisis.......

OneLapper · October 04, 2015, 05:00:40 PM

Yay! Happy ending!

lostagain · October 04, 2015, 05:26:43 PM

See. I thought you could fish it out...

JC

luvrbus · October 04, 2015, 06:52:32 PM

So it wasn't in the gear train after all the worry ? with the newer style step up drives it's impossible to drop a bolt in the gear train fwiw

Sharkbait · October 07, 2015, 05:33:54 PM

Yay, tragedy has once again been averted. I love a bus story with a happy ending. Phil

Kevin · October 08, 2015, 06:43:52 AM

Good News John!

Happy that worked out for you. The "not knowing" is terribly stressful... I'm sure you are quite relieved! Congrats!

Kev

Geoff · October 09, 2015, 08:29:02 AM

I hate using a magnet down a hole that has metal-- the magnet sticks to every piece of steel it touches. When is someone going to market a magnet pick-up that you can turn off and on? I have a non- Harbor Freight camera probe that sometimes is useful, and sometimes not. I always stuff rags or a towel on the lip of the hole so if I do drop a nut or bolt it won't fall through. For peace of mind, I would drop the oil pan and then take off the flywheel housing if the bolt is nowhere to be found, with camera or outside the engine somewhere.

--Geoff

luvrbus · October 09, 2015, 08:32:21 AM

I think he found it on the outside of engine in the hole on top of the bell housing.I have a set of magnetic sockets I don't go near the back of DD without rags and my sockets.

The magnetic sockets are must when changing a injection pump on a 6.2 or 6.5 GM diesel damn that bolt was hard to retrieve I had to remove the complete front end but it only happen once to me

Oonrahnjay · October 10, 2015, 06:28:35 AM

Quote from: luvrbus on October 09, 2015, 08:32:21 AM
I think he found it on the outside of engine in the hole on top of the bell housing.I have a set of magnetic sockets I don't go near the back of DD without rags and my sockets.

The magnetic sockets are must when changing a injection pump on a 6.2 or 6.5 GM diesel damn that bolt was hard to retrieve I had to remove the complete front end but it only happen once to me

Hey, Clifford, what is that? A magnetic socket that holds the nut or bolt after you unscrew the thread until you remove it by hand? I didn't know that they exist. Sounds useful.

luvrbus · October 10, 2015, 06:44:28 AM

Yep I bought my set from Mac Tools a little pricey but they are strong and will hold, a nut is hard to remove from one so I just thread a bolt into it to remove the nut