Bizarre 182 problem - help required.

[yee_har]

OK it could be any model but....

On first drive home I lost a £1 coin from the dash top cubby to the far left hand side of the dash - wedged between dash and windscreen. Yesterday after some exhuberant cornering the seemingly wedged coin shot across the dash and came to rest in the windscreen ventilation slot right in front of me. As I reached for it it fell into the slot and is now driving me nuts as it slides from one side of the car to the other in front of my shins in what sounds like some metal channelling!

How easy is this going to be to get at. The last thing I want to do on my "350 mile from new" car is to start tearing down the dahboard etc. but I cant live with that noise every time I throw the car around!

 

[TheCake]

have you tried a magnetic tool and bunged it down the hole to see if itll come out?

 

[Decto]

Dash takes about 10 mins to take the top off, few screws then you should be able to localise it.



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[Decto]

Coins arent magnetic !

 

[sjtb]

lol cupcake!! didnt you do "science" at school?

 

[DaveLiquid182]

1p & 2p are magnetic.

 

[Blue_or_Blind]

Quote: Originally posted by daveclio172 on 22 March 2005

1p & 2p are magnetic.

hes trying to get to a £1 coin tho

 

[rory182]

lol did you know that not all grades of stainless steel are non-magnetic?!

another useless piece of trivia for you...

 

[bigmouk]

a bit of snot and a stick !

 

[Liam]

when you sell the car add extra £1 to the price!

seriously though dont think there is any other way round taking the top dash off. Sure there was a guide somewhere on here for doing just that?

Liam

 

[blink172]

Turn it over and shake it like the last penny in your piggy bank? If your not strong enough for that, try a piece of garden cane/stick with a bit lump of blue tak on the end or similar

 

[Dave]

Retriever tool from halfords has a little gripper on the end to grab things.

 

[badinvincible]

Quote: Originally posted by blink172 on 22 March 2005

Turn it over and shake it like the last penny in your piggy bank? If your not strong enough for that, try a piece of garden cane/stick with a bit lump of blue tak on the end or similar

PMSL.

 

[ViolentJ]

suck really really hard?

 

[Gareth]

i have done this before with a screwdriver bit on my old clio, I think even if you remove the dash top it will only make it a tad easier to ATTEMPT to get the £1 out, I didnt even try with the screw bit (and that was with the dash off) i am pretty sure it is an impossible if not an extremely time consuming and frustrating task! Fortunately for me, wherever the screw bit ended up, it didnt roll around or rattle.


[Edited by Gaz2130 on 22 March 2005 at 3:51pm]

 

[Swervin_Mervin]

Pour glue in one end and then corner hard so the coin rolls in to the glue. Then wait for it to set.

 

[ViolentJ]

take it to renault and complain about dash rattles, say its been happening from day one

 

[Swervin_Mervin]

LOL!

 

[Blue_or_Blind]

Quote: Originally posted by _simon_ on 22 March 2005

take it to renault and complain about dash rattles, say its been happening from day one

Itll come back "no fault found"