Coins fallen into demister

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SamMorrell1990
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Coins fallen into demister

Post by SamMorrell1990 »

Hi, I don't know if anyone can help me

My girlfriend's daughter threw a 2p coin and it went down the little windscreen demister vent in my polo. I was wondering if there was any way to take the vent out and retrieve it. It's not blocking the airway atall, it jus makes an annoying noise when going round corners.

I thought about attaching a magnet pen in there to magnetise it out but if there's an easier way, please can someone advise me

Many thanks
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Re: Coins fallen into demister

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Magnets will only grab ferro magnetic material, so that will not work, maybe a length of stiff wire with double sided tape wrapped round it might work, pulling the ducting off will be problematic in the extreme!
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Re: Coins fallen into demister

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2p coin can be lifted with a magnet; just checked. So this looks like the route to take. Good luck !!

Attach a very small disc magnet with sticky tape to something slightly flexible (a straw or stiff wire?) so you can manoeuvre.
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Re: Coins fallen into demister

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d-ash wrote: Sun Jul 28, 2019 12:02 pm 2p coin can be lifted with a magnet; just checked. So this looks like the route to take. Good luck !!

Attach a very small disc magnet with sticky tape to something slightly flexible (a straw or stiff wire?) so you can manoeuvre.
Jeez, coins now ferro magnetic, next they will be making plastic bank note, oh no, they are already!!
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