Hey guys.. Just wanted to say that I got my F-Sport intake today from Sewell's GB, and had little time to install it because I was in a rush. The rain was coming, windy, sun going down, and no shelter. So.... I was in a hurry, and while I was loosening up one of the bolt, i dropped a socket into the bottom of the car. Now I know where it is, it's on the passenger side front, bottom of the headlight, next to the fog. I could hit the bottom of the car and it would bounce up and down. How the hell can I get this out of there.

Would you guys actually recommend me driving with that piece still in there, and will it fall out on it's own later? Or do I have to take everything apart to see if I can find it.

--- Another thing, is that my windows won't work from the driver side. I had to take the neg battery off during the install, and when I put it back on, it won't roll down. I did a search and told me to roll each window down and it would work, but no luck. Any suggestions?

BTW, here are some pics of my install. =P
What's in the boxxxx!!!



Dirty Engine. Gotta clean it



Took it off


30 Minute Install

 

Is the socket metal? If it is you can carefully use a magnet to try to fish it out.

 

hrmm... good idea, never thought of that one.. Is there a whole someone on the bottom where I can guide it to?

 

Try to take out all of the underbody covers. You can do with and see if the socket drops.

 

Magnet baby!!!

 

Where the hell do you buy something like that? a blind man shop?

 

can you access the spot via the wheel well? that's what i had to do, behind the tire...

 

LOL U can get them from auto store or even at Sears

 

what i dont understand is why do you need to disconnect the neg wire on the battery to do the intake install?

 

^^ because of the MAF sensor, I'd take apart the lower plastic body panels, hopefully it'll simply fall out =]

 

^^ also resets the ECU so it can recalibrate

 

^^ yah, what they said up there. You can do the install without taking it off, but it would mess you up. =) Also, I did a google search about the whole windows and disabling seatbelt noise hack.

- Windows won't roll down
+ Solution is to manual go to every window, roll it half way down and then roll it back up and hold it for 2 seconds after it reaches the top

- Disable Annoying seatbelt noise
+ Solution is to press the start button twice, set the odometer to say "ODO", make sure seat belt is unbuckled, and turn off the car. Then press the start button twice again, hold down the odometer for 30 slow seconds, and then while holding the button, plug in the seatbelt. It will now say "On or Off". Set it to off and wha la! all good.

I still got that socket though, I'm going to try to take the undercover covers off tomorrow in the sun and try to fish it out. Otherwise, I gotta go find the blind man stick. Thanks everyone.

 

OMG. To people that use TOOLS, that's called a 'magnetic pickup tool'... HAHAHHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Javier

 

I instaleld my front lip this week. and I noticed you cna take some of the plastics on the bottom of the car off. I recommend, jack the car up and take these off and maybe itls fall.

 

i have a bendable magnetic pickup tool... saved my *** several times. last time was when a bulb fell into the headlight housing...