Pssssssttttt.....wannabuy some 10 mm sockets?

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2007 C 230 Sport.

Why... Have you found the place where 10mm sockets go when they are lost?

We were changing the plugs in my car today, when we lost a socket extension. We got it out of the plastic baffle plate, but it was all covered in oil and dirt.l

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-Justin

91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

We all have lost things in a car when working on it and all types of magnets and lights don't always seem to help find them. I find the long flexible rod with the magnet on the end is best tho' ... it has saved my bacon a few times by finding things I could not see ... back under panels etc.

One trick I learned in the process was to put a large cloth or pad or even wadded up paper towels under the area where I was working on the engine, or another area of the car. If you drop something, it will hit that "baffle" instead of going clear down into the inner workings of the vehicle. Just a tip that may come in handy .... BC

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Ben Harrison Carter
1999 Mercedes ML320 87K
1992 Mercedes 300CE 89K
1995 Corvette 29K -- Sold Dec 09
1989 Mercedes 420SEL 99K -- (Sold 4/08)
1968 Mercedes 230S (106K) (Sold 9/06))
1976 Mercedes 450SEL 130K (Just sold - 06)
1961 Mercedes 220Sb (sold years ago)

but who can remember to do it?

not me.

tom w

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

too funny, I too have lost a 10mm socket. its the only piece missing out of my craftsman tool set. I think the toyota ate it.

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88 300e
92 mr2

Interesting. Seems I may have stumbled on some sort of auto manufacturers' secret plan to prevent us from working on our own cars by having a 10mm socket-sucking system covertly installed in our cars. Coupled, of course, with liberal use of 10mm bolts under the hood! Diabolical.

If you don't see any further posts from me, it's because "they" have gotten to me...

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Steve
'93 400E

There's a sure-fire way to make sure that every tool dropped under the hood makes it all the way to the floor. It's absolutely one hundred percent guaranteed to work every time.

Make sure there's a drain pan full of oil, ATF, coolant, etc. beneath the car. The tool will find it's way into the pan every time without fail.

I can't recall ever LOSING something but I just FOUND something whilst cleaning under the hood today: a 1/4 ratchet with an extension and 7mm deep socket attached

I've always wanted one of those; must be my lucky day.

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1998 E320 4-Matic Wagon

Many years ago, I had the alternator replaced on my 200D. After that, it made a clunking noise when turning corners. Popped the hood and found a 3 foot crowbar hanging from the air cleaner snout.

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Palangi

2004 C240 Wagon 203.261 Baby Benz
2008 ML320 CDI Highway Cruiser
2006 Toyota Prius, Saving the Planet @ 48 mpg
2000 F-150, Destroying the Planet @ 20 mpg



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