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1 hour ago, njs2247 said:

I'm pretty sure American coins aren't made with enough metal for a magnet to work. 

 

American coins are all metal. Degree of iron content is what you mean.

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I would try taking the truck off a huge jump, the temporary lack of gravity might cause it to float up

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Well, I'm officially an idiot. So after buying a borescope that connects to my phone via USB and taking all the vents off and searching in the ducts, it turns out there was no coin in any of the them.

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I'm pretty sure American coins aren't made with enough metal for a magnet to work. 

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My first thought was to pour molasses down the vent but figured your issue wasn't really that funny for you.  Noise like this would be extremely annoying.  My suggestion is to give it time and maybe it will find a nook or cranny to settle.

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Yes duquephart, that's what I meant.

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4 minutes ago, Donstar said:

My first thought was to pour molasses down the vent but figured your issue wasn't really that funny for you.  Noise like this would be extremely annoying.  My suggestion is to give it time and maybe it will find a nook or cranny to settle.

If it continues, I just might have to lol. 

I can't stand rattles in my trucks.

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1 hour ago, Toolbox1 said:

Wonder if a borescope with a magnet attachment would work?  Something like this?   Don’t think the coin is magnetic enough though.  But if you could get eyes on it maybe you can come up with a solution to pick it up??  

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076BKVCJC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_qTVGAbP4SJ8RP. 

You know I could actually "borrow" a scope from work. I'm in the healthcare field and we use what is called a bronchoscope to go down patient's lungs. We have disposable ones that are at least 3 feet long.

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9 minutes ago, njs2247 said:

You know I could actually "borrow" a scope from work. I'm in the healthcare field and we use what is called a bronchoscope to go down patient's lungs. We have disposable ones that are at least 3 feet long.

 

What good would seeing the coin do?

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If I can see where's it's at, maybe I can wrap some double sided tape to my fish tape reel and try to get the coin to stick to it while viewing with the scope.

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Go to the hardware store and buy a cheap section of tubing. 3-4’ should be adequate. Duck tape it to an attachment on a vacuum/shopvac and try that. That’s what I do to clean out my dryer vent. Attachments are too big to fit in, but the tubing works great. 

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That's not a bad idea! I'm still going to bring a scope home and see if I can visualize it, then try your method. Thanks for the suggestion.

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41 minutes ago, cbrsilv15 said:

Go to the hardware store and buy a cheap section of tubing. 3-4’ should be adequate. Duck tape it to an attachment on a vacuum/shopvac and try that. That’s what I do to clean out my dryer vent. Attachments are too big to fit in, but the tubing works great. 

Even better than trying to fit a whole vacuum head down the vent. Great idea!

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That has actually crossed my mind lol

With my luck, that too would drop in and that wouldn't be good with these Texas summers.

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