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4--$20 bills slid between winshield and dashbord on my '05 F-150.

>Any ideas on how to get them out w/o damaging dash board??

Man, it took me about 5 minutes to stop laughing! (sorry)

Disconnect the battery.

Take a thin piece of wire, about 20 AWG. Copper should work OK.

Bend a small loop on one end (about 3/8" diameter)

Get some sticky stuff (I have some 3M that I use, stays sticky for a long time).

Go fishing!

If you are lucky, they didn't slide down too far.

(BTW, this works well for defroster vents/ducts too.)

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PeterD
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Or you could just give an accountant a ride somewhere.

Reply to
Rowbotth

Lawyer, works even better, they'll suck the change from the ash tray too!

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PeterD

Shop Vac??

john

Reply to
asadi

Would you be able to get an attachment into the area in question? That would be my first question. I have some 1/4" ID PVC flexible pipe (Won't collapse with vacuum) but that stuff is 3/8" OD, rather large for a typical crack. Any smaller and you would proably not get enough vacuum to actually grab anything.

But, it might work!

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PeterD

I tried and I gave up. Local repair shop in my home town knew how to take apart dashboard. Money was in duct work behind radio. He charged $30 for 1/2 hour labor and I tipped him $20. So, $50 to retrieve $80....oh well. BUT!!....BUT!!.....the next morning I won $50 on the Badger 5 Lottery!! It all worked out.

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Randy Randy

Ok... I guess that works! Everyone wins in the end, right?

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PeterD

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