HI All. Hate to look like a dummy, but I need some help. I've managed to drop one of the condenser screws into the distributor. I probably shouldn't have been trying to do anything with a bad back, but I'm a typical stupid man. Is there any easy way to retrieve the screw from the distributor body without pulling the distributor on my '64 330? There's gotta be a way....

Thanks for the help and not laughing too loudly

 

Mark the rotor position and pull the distributor, turn it upside down and try and shake it out.

 

Try to locate it by eye, bend something like a brake tube or coat hanger, put something on the end of the tube/wire such as strip caulk or thick grease to grab it OR...like oldcutlass suggested pull the distributor. May be able to shop vac it out using tubing to step-down the size of the hose.

Good luck!!!

 

Magnet.