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Parts That Vanish Without a Trace

I had a pair of caliper piston compression tools that got packed in a box with other stuff when I moved to my new shop seven years ago. Everything else in the box is in their new home but the tools vanished. Still nowhere to be found...
 
I've done it too many times to count. My work shirt uniform is your typical collared/ button down shirt with front pockets. I never put anything in those pockets anymore because I've done it in the past, completely forgetting about those pockets and spent hours looking for small irreplaceable parts that were attached to me the entire time...
 
With silver nearing $80 an ounce I went looking for a sack of 40% Pesos to sell. They weren't where they were supposed to be and I notice the dog has a bunch of chew toys that I didn't buy.
 
Dibbons said:
Pulled a Thermoquad (6139S for '72 340 auto) after a recent rebuild to check for vacuum leaks. Performed an almost complete disassembly. Put all loose parts in sandwich bags labeled A thru F (parts removed first went into bag A, then B, etc.) With everything bagged as I went, no chance of misplacing anything, right?

Today went to put it back together. After the main body screws were snug, found the metering rod covers with their screws in a bag but no metering rods. I have an old AVS carb on the shelf, but looks like metering rods don't interchange.

They were not dirty when I removed them, so no reason to believe they are soaking in a jar somewhere around here. And the funny thing is, in my own mind I had them in my hands once already today. Now I'm thinking maybe not.

I am going to check the refrigerator next. I have five and six year old grand kids here that get into everything, but I kept them away from this carb stuff and as far as I know they never had access to it.
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Many years ago when I had a Daytona. I ordered the head light door vacuum actuators from Mopar ( only piece still avail ) This was early 80s time frame and they have vanished. I put them up so I wouldn't lose them. And have looked for years off and on, Never to be seen again.
 
chargervert said:
Everytime I put down anything in my garage, it completely blends in with everything else and disappears! I go out and buy things again and then find the original ones I bought later on! That's why I have several of the same cars so nothing goes to waste! Lol
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Exactly the same here. Even when I clear the area of the clutter it still blends in. Probably old age.
 
My car has a console mounted shifter for the early cable-shifted 727. There are 2 special grommets for where the cables go through the floor, under the console. I realized these pieces were unique, and put them in a special spot when I disassembled my car for restoration. When I was putting my car back together, and needed these grommets, I could not find them anywhere, so I had to manufacture another replacement for them. About a year after I had the car on the road, I discovered my safe hiding spot, and there they were. They are still there!
 
All I know is, when you drop a part under the car...it hurls itself into another dimension, never to be seen again!!!
 
I’ve been slowly doing a clutch replacement. I bag and label everything and place it in a box as I remove it. Came to realize a few days ago that I could not find the outer z-bar pivot ball and nut assembly. Looked through my box several times, all over the lift ramps and jack platform - nothing. Laying awake one morning I thought, maybe when I loosened the rubber access panel in the wheel well to get to the nut, I could have laid the ball on top of the frame rail inside. I went to the garage and lifted the bottom of the rubber flap up and with a loud clang it fell out on to the ramp. Apparently it was somehow lodged between the flap and the inner fender. Just glad it hit the ramp and not the fender of my GTX parked underneath. Still looking for a missing 1/2” socket that’s part of a set I’ve had since high school (I’m 74 now). Hopefully it will show up.
 
I have all of my tubs and bins labeled for all of my smaller parts and even with them labeled, somehow sometimes when looking for a particular item it is not in the tub or bins. I may even find something else that I could not find once before that was never labeled on the bin. Then I think how the hell did that get in there.

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sam dupont said:
With silver nearing $80 an ounce I went looking for a sack of 40% Pesos to sell. They weren't where they were supposed to be and I notice the dog has a bunch of chew toys that I didn't buy.
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Missing silver and new dog toys. You better keep an eye on your wife and neighbor.
 
jimbosride said:
The worst thing you can do is tear apart a car ...... Then Move. :poke:
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even worse...close your repair shop after 30+ years and move to another state...scrapped 2 20 yard containers of parts after hurricane Irene put the shop 3 feet under water...and brought a tractor trailer full with me...so now the deal is...I know I had one...did I sell it and forget to who? did I scrap it? and if I brought it, I know right where it was in the old shop but cant figure out where it is here...
 
Just recently some parts vanished from the truck I'm working. It has the work bed with built in tool boxes, easy place to store parts. Take pieces off, put them in the box with their nuts and bolts. No where for them to go, right?

After getting the engine wiring done, I have an extra wiring plug going nowhere. Look at pictures I have and it goes to an egr solenoid valve. Nowhere to be found. Tore the boxes apart. Nothing. In the garage on the table where I had engine parts, nothing. Everywhere it could have gone, nope. Same with the transmission shift linkage. Went through everything 3 times.
 
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