Has this happened to anybody before? Holy crap, whatta pain in the ass! I go to change the thermostat, so i take the water neck off and i see half a thermostat in the housing. I look in lower intake where housing is, i see the piece in the pic...go to grab it, and i end up pushing it more in FCK! At that point, i had to use my trusty camera to snake in there to get a visual. Used a clothes hanger as the grab tool, 6 hours later i was able to snag that POS part! Oh and i was forced to pull the lower intake manifold off to get better access...good times this past weekend. Now i have to clean up the gasket mating surfaces and get gaskets. A simple job got a little un-simpler. Geesh.
