Stupid question about carb/intake.

[moparsons]

I just bought a 79 dodge pick up from my brother. Just before I started to drive it home....Some idiot (might have been me but I won't tell ) dropped a nut into the carb. The truck was running, but imediatley was shut down. It's an edelbrock performer 600 on a stock 360 4 bbl intake. I tried looking and probing with a magnet into the carb, and couldn't find it. It is an air cleaner nut...not a wing nut but just a small regular nut.
    So.....the question is.....where would this nut likely end up? Do you think it made it through the carb into the intake? Any further than that?  I'm going tomorrow to start at the top and work my way down to find it....and just wanted to see what I might be in for.

[chargd72]

Ouch.  Most likely made it thru the carb, intake and into the heads.  If that got caught in a valve there's no telling how far the damage goes down 

[moparsons]

I'm hoping since it only ran a second and I didn't hear anything....that I haven't junked anything. I guess I'll find out tomorrow.

[moparsons]

Oh yea.....this motor only has about 3,000 miles on the rebuild  ever have one of those days?

[68RED4SPEED]

"ever have one of those days?" Yahh and they keep coming up occasionally.

[nvrbdn]

well you could get lucky and its in the intake or just inside the head. wont take a second to suck it all the way to the valve though. good luck.

[moparsons]

Thanking my lucky stars!!! I found the nut sitting in the back bowl of the carb....didn't have to take anything apart...just held the flap open with a small screw driver, and retrieved it with a telescoping magnet.
   Then made the 2 and a 1/2 hour drive home with no issues! 

[bobs66440]

Lucky! Good learning experience