[gvent18]

I was trying to remove the check ball with some small picks, and now it's stuck in the front cover side passage. It spins frely but I cant seem to get it out. I've tried using compressed air on the standup pipe but still no luck. It way to do this, besides removing the front cover?

 

[DENNY]

Magnet?
DENNY

 

[gvent18]

Tried a magnet but still no avail.

The problem is:

 

[Maryland dieselnick]

Stronger magnet OR
Set parking brake, heavily chock rear wheels, raise front half of truck

 

[RT]

Can you see the ball? Here's how we get "foreign objects" out of kids ears sometimes - clean the surface of the foreign body. We use alcohol or acetone, but brake cleaner would work for you. Make sure and let it dry. Put a drop of gel superglue on the wood end of a cotton tip applicator (a long wood stem q-tip) and gently hold against the ball - hold it still and count to 100 real slow. Gently pull the object out. This is especially exciting on a hyperactive two year old, so you should have no problem doing it on a 7.3

Pulling the cover isn't a desirable method - the engine has to come out of the truck to do this because the oil pan has to come off to get the oil pickup tube off.

 

[Maryland dieselnick]

Now that's snappy, I like it.
Doc poured Coke down one of my brothers ear to get a bug out after a Boys Scout outing.lol

 

[klhansen]

How much air pressure did you use? I would think that a good blast of air would get it out of the side passage and back where you can grab it with a magnet. Try both a magnet right at the ball location and air at the same time down the standpipe.

I can imagine getting that ball out with picks is like trying to eat peas with a knife. :winking: