Catch Can Install FAIL

Booms · Jun 11, 2017

So, I have been in the automotive business/around cars for 25 years. I consider myself pretty adept at doing stuff.
That being said:

I went to put My Billet Technologies catch can on today, and on the first try, I dropped that little FU**ING billet spacer thingy, and it went into the deep unknown, hiding out somewhere in my suspension, or whatnot.
I spent a full 45 minutes looking for that dam thing. :flipthebird:

Anybody got a billet spacer for sale? :roflsquared:

Casper · Jun 11, 2017

Maybe BT will help you out :mad3:

kg93 · Jun 11, 2017

hahaha I feel your pain. I have plenty of bolts and tools I've lost to the abyss in my truck.

Booms · Jun 11, 2017

kg93 said:
abyss....

Good word for it. I was dirty up to my dam elbows looking for it.... :Big Laugh:

Pull Ya · Jun 11, 2017

Sometimes a telescoping magnet might help, or----maybe a young child stuffed under the truck to look for it----don't tell child's mother. :naughty:

Jay

GRB60 · Jun 11, 2017

Pull Ya said:
Sometimes a telescoping magnet might help, or----maybe a young child stuffed under the truck to look for it----don't tell child's mother.
Jay

Sometimes, maybe, but not this time. It's aluminum.

768mph · Jun 11, 2017

GRB60 said:
Sometimes, maybe, but not this time. It's aluminum.

Bright shiny aluminum. Shine a flash light in or around where the possible trail would have been.
It should reflect back.
Where exactly did you drop it? What area were you over ?
I've done this a couple times and have experience with some abyss areas.

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UnsatFC · Jun 11, 2017

I dropped a spark plug once in my 2004 RAM....never hit the ground...never found it again.

tantore · Jun 11, 2017

try the A frames and under radiator shroud hope it helps

Mineralram · Jun 11, 2017

i dropped mine once also, found it the cross memeber just below it was a ***** to locate.

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Ram Night · Jun 11, 2017

Those buggers take on a life of there own when you pull the bracket.
When I pulled the BT can off the Rebel to put on the new Sport my spacer fell off and rolled under the air compressor. Would of never found it if I did not see roll under there. You can also go a hardware or big box store and look in the hardware rack and get one there.

whetrick1 · Jun 11, 2017

Have you looked and see if it might have bounced into the fan shroud.

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Booms · Jun 12, 2017

I'm going to get under there again and look for it soon. Thank goodness I don't drive it everyday.

Murphy Slaw · Jun 12, 2017

UnsatFC said:
I dropped a spark plug once in my 2004 RAM....never hit the ground...never found it again.

My old '05 has a 3/8 extension "somewhere" to this day, whoever owns it.....

Booms · Jun 12, 2017

I also emailed BT to see if I could buy another one...or two.... :crazy:

daveray9 · Jun 12, 2017

Booms said:
I also emailed BT to see if I could buy another one...or two....

That happened to me and they shipped me one for 5 bucks.

tsielski · Jun 12, 2017

Found this to be too often true.

Booms · Jun 12, 2017

daveray9 said:
That happened to me and they shipped me one for 5 bucks.

That's good to know! :superhack:

whetrick1 · Jun 12, 2017

Now that's a good one lol

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ExpressRules · Jun 12, 2017

The bigger issue of this entire problem is that without the spacer you will lose any possibility of getting a horsepower gain. I think I read in a forum that some people were getting 45 HP gain by doubling up on the spacers. And lets not forget an added 10 more if you add a decal.

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