Dropped a screw in the air vent!! Argh!

[Frasers Cup]

I was tightening the stupid cliosport tax disk holder up in my 172 cup and one of the screws dropped out and down the windscreen vent! Its now rattling around like a b!tch! Is there an easy way of gettin it out without takin the whole dash off, as it is driving me mad under cornering!

Fraser

 

[Liam]

worst nightmare.

Someone lost a £1 last week think there aint an easy way of getting it back. at least your screw will be magnetic though.

Something Im not looking forward to doing come end june, will have to put a cloth over dash or something.

 

[Dan##]

goto halfords and get one of those extendable things with a magnet on the end!

 

[Frasers Cup]

Yeah cos as soon as i take the dash appart it will rattle more than a grannie thats just had a hip operation!

And why is the tax disk such a pain to change in the holder? U need to tape the disk in along with the clear plastic cover! What a pain!

Fraser

 

[Daipac]

Quote: Originally posted by Dan on 30 March 2005

goto halfords and get one of those extendable things with a magnet on the end!

Yip, that is what I would do, should do the job for you.

 

[Rich]

I have just ordered one of the CS tax disc holders, I think and easier option may be to order some extra sticky pads each time you change the disc to make it easier. 3.99 a pack

http://www.speeding.co.uk/acatalog/Car_Accessories_Richbrook_Tax_Disc_Holders_67.htmlSTICKY PADS

 

[® Andy]

Errr ... is an easy solution to the changing the tax disc in a CS holder problem. Put a towel on your dash when you do it!!

 

[Little Newms]

lol i did this he he..... I though fook it, one more rattle to the other 20 isnt a problem

 

[Frasers Cup]

Yeah i suppose. Ill just have to corner over 2g so the screw will fly out one of the vents!

Fraser

 

[AliasOmega]

In my old clio is had money in the dish on the top being daft. One day i slammed on and the cash went onto the dash near the vents. £1 went into the vents never to be seen again. When i cornered you could hear it rattling about going from side to side.

That car is now sold thank god.



Alias

 

[Tigger]

Is that screw more annoying than the rest of the clio rattles?

 

[d4ve86]

The cigarette lighter is the worst rattle, i took mine out now the rattle has stopped, goin to "borrow" one of those Ford covers saying, "power outlet"

 

[yee_har]

It was me with the £1 last week. It seems to have dropped into some other less annoying part now...hopefully not fan related!

Maybe weve found a new use for mesh - sod the front and back of the car....Im off to cut me some "Vent Mesh" (tm) - see you on Ebay!


[Edited by yee_har on 02 April 2005 at 9:32am]

 

[jaf78]

he he. Thats why i got rid of my richbrook holder on my 306. Every time i got new tax it was a nightmare. Ended up taking it off and just getting a normal vinyl one.

 

[Ben j]

i dropped £3 into the dashboard of our works transit van the other day! luckily it was the bosss money! lol