Retrieving from the A/C duct

[jraynor]

This is worth a shot, but has anyone ever had to retrieve anything from their account blower duct? I had a almost empty tube of caulking fall into the vent as I was moving stuff to install my final sheet of plywood. I know, I should have had them covered but I didn't. I can't cut the blowers on as it makes it snow shavings of the tube from the vent.

My arms aren't quite long enough to reach it as I've tried and it seems like my only option is to remove the piece of plywood, remove the plastic vapor barrier and then remove the insulation and uninstall the duct to retrieve it. About 2 hours of work unless someone has been successful at this before

Thank you

[Geoff]

You do realize that nobody knows what is going on.  Spend the time if you have to, the job is always faster the second time.

[OKIE9ERS]

Haha..waiting for the answers..
I dropped a window latch down one

[jraynor]

I haven't taken the access hatch to the evaporator motors in the first bay out yet to see how easy it is to remove that portion of the duct. Just curious if that duct is easier to work with

[buswarrior]

One of those claws on the end of the flex cable?

Try to get at it from below?

Kinda big to just forget about it...

happy coaching!
buswarrior

[chessie4905]

Shop vac with smaller hose adapted as necessary.

[jraynor]

Haha..waiting for the answers..
I dropped a window latch down one

OKIE9ERS,

I'm quoting you just in case your latch is still down there.

Update: I have retrieved the bottle of caulking. Not necessarily the quickest (well actually it was) but definitely the easiest. The hard part was just getting the access door off. I'll have to redo the mounts as they have had it. But 6 bolts to remove the access hatch door (and duct tape around the door). 2 bolts to disconnect the duct from the motor and should have been 2 bolts to disconnect the duct from the wall, but one was missing so it just slid down. Pictures are below. In 1 picture I point out where the 2 bolts hold the duct on as it wasnt apparent to me at first.

But none the less, easy retrieval without taking my floor partially back up

[OKIE9ERS]

Thanks Jonathan...Im definitely going to have to take that on at some point...

[Ed Hackenbruch]

One of the fans for my defroster/drivers heat would make a noise for the first few seconds when i turned it on.  Never used them much so would forget about it......finally one day i decided to tear it apart and get new bearings and brushes for it.  Found a small pencil in the cage with the fan and it would get blown around making the noise until it would get caught in one of the corners until the next time that i would turn it on.   

[robertglines1]

cell phone front defroster duct not mine-previous owner lost it

[Ed Hackenbruch]

Did you wonder what that occasional  ringing noise was?