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Removing ballpoint pen from defroster vent.
Since I've had the car (1 year), I've had a ballpoint pen sitting in the defroster vent. It's annoying because it slides from side to side on corners, and sometimes rattles. Any brilliant ideas on getting it out? The vent is so close to the steeply raked windscreen that it's almost impossibe to get things out!
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C'mon Dan! put on that thinking cap...let me see what I can think of here. how bout a straw, a bent coat hanger, one of them clampy deals to get parts that fall where they shouldnt? what about air pressure as in air gun? as a last resort you could try flipping the car over, that should dislodge the pen.
Have a great weekend!
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drive the car over to my house, I have just the tool
It's a 24" long, flexible tube that has a 4 prong, spring loaded controlled clamp. Great for picking up dropped screws in narrow places.
send me your email for a photo....
mike (in California)
mywong23@yahoo.com
Grand Master
you picked the wrong day to quit smoking weed.
5-10 Grand Master
"looks like i picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue"
Originally Posted by 530iTouring
you picked the wrong day to quit smoking weed.
all america wants is cold beer warm cat and a place to take a poop with a door on it
Green Beret Special Ops
Dan, you could also simply
remove the windshield, reach in get the pen than lay the windshield back down...thats what i'd try first if I was you.
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Coathanger wire, bent to the needed shape, with...
self-adhesive mounting tape fastened to end. Grab the pen with the adhesive, then pull it out.
QUOTE=Dan in NZ]Since I've had the car (1 year), I've had a ballpoint pen sitting in the defroster vent. It's annoying because it slides from side to side on corners, and sometimes rattles. Any brilliant ideas on getting it out? The vent is so close to the steeply raked windscreen that it's almost impossibe to get things out![/QUOTE]
Grand Master
Gee Dan, everybody knows you just turn the car upside down and shake.....=)
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might even get fries with that
Last edited by 632 Regal; 07-25-2004 at 06:33 PM. Reason: .
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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
John F. Kennedy
Grand Master
have to admit when I read your post Dan...I broke...
out laughing. Who hasn't dropped something down the defroster vent of a car or two along the way? I was tricking out a light sensor in my recent '01 Aurora and dropped a clip down my defroster vent...gone...never to be seen again
Lastly, I couldn't help but recall the scene with the late Chris Farley and David Spade in Tommie Boy..when all that $hit rolled into the defroster vent of that Mopar which was the beginning of the end...that movie was hilarious.
Good Luck,
George
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