Dropped a TC bolt down the bellhousing access hole of a 1999 EJ22.  Trying to help a friend get his car back on the road tonight....this doesn't look good.

 

I heard it jingle a lot - so I assume it went down a ways.

I lifted the engine, tried looking with a light and ran a magnet all underneath the torque converter - no dice.

With all the noise it made I'm surprised the magnet didn't get it...

 

Do I really have to pull the entire engine again?  That sounds absolutely miserable....

Undo the bolts and let it separate about 1/2" then go fishing again. You could also try turning the engine a half turn either direction in case the bolt is sitting behind the flexplate on a ledge.

Might have gone all the way through and be hiding on the frame between the framne and body.

it dropped out, never heard it though so not sure what the final aide was.  the engine lift legs were int he way so it must have fell wiithout me seeing it.  lifted the engine, moved it around, ran a magnet back in forth under there.

right on Dave - it may have and then jiggled loose while liting/poking/prodding.

 

and thanks fairtax -i did turn the engine and TC a bit to move things around as well.

Edited March 20, 201511 yr by grossgary

Last summer I broke an allen wrench off when I was using it to hold my flex plate (must have been a foreign cheapo!) and heard the stub go rattling down in the belllhousing.  I turned the crank by hand a few times to see if I could shake it loose and heard nothing, turned fine so I kept on rolling.

When I finally got around to pulling the engine months later I looked for the broken piece and it was nowhere to be found...also must have passed through like Gary's bolt.