[image] Poor Pradeep. His cell phone is buried deep in the ductwork under the driver's seat of his BMW. How can he get it out -- other than hanging the car by its front bumper and shaking it, that is? (Want to hear the call? Listen right here. ) He's tried the coat hanger. He bought the special…

A piece of duct tape (sticky side out) wrapped around a piece of foam on the end of the coat hanger might work. It would have to be wrapped with masking tape in such a way that only the distal end is sticky - or it may join the phone"s entombment. On the other hand if Pradeep is an engineer (of an…

You need a borescope (also called boroscope), which is a fiberoptic viewer that can be threaded into inaccessible spots like this duct. You can rent one (or even buy one) cheaper than the labor charges to take everything apart. (Google boroscope). Then using that plus your grabber tool you might b…

Get a stick and wrap Gorilla tape around it so the sticky side is out and stick it in.

Duct tape all the other heating/AC vents closed leaving the one w/ the cell phone open thereby increasing the air pressure on the phone. Drive to the top of the steepest, bumpiest and longest, rarely traveled street. Turn on heater or AC to “High”. Drive backward down the street intermittently apply…

Switch to a basic cell phone plan, drive outside your coverage area and the phone will start to roam…

Open the hood and locate the heater air inlet. Turn the heater on at low temperature and low fan speed. Place a lighted candle near the opening of the duct in which the phone is lodged. Fully open the valve on a portable MAPP torch, DO NOT LIGHT IT. Bleed MAPP GAS from the torch into the heater …

I agree with cat73transam. I would just tweek it a tad by maybe using one of those long thin attachments on the vacuum nozzle to get it farther into the duct if needed. I hope this helps Pradeep.

I have two ideas.Get a yard stick & turn duct tape sticky side out & tape it to the yard stick so it doesn’t come off.Fish it around under the seat.Hopefully it will stick to the phone. Idea #2 -If you could find a vacuum cleaner attachment that has that flat skinny suction end that’s fairly long or…

Cat73transam, BruceH, doveguy and IrishRedHeather are on the right track, using air pressure, but I would also attach a leaf blower to the air inlet and close off the other air outlets. Then apply vacuum to the duct where the phone went in. If you’re using one of those industrial-sized vacuums, you …

Dislodging Pradeep's Phone

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Dislodging Pradeep's Phone

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