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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ttocs" data-source="post: 806187" data-attributes="member: 11896"><p>well two steps forward, only one back. I had some 1/8" x 1" strips of aluminum from a previus project left over. I drilled a hole in it and wiggled the drill bit around in it after it went through to make it a little bitter, then use a tapered drill bit to taper the end I was going to work it down on. With a little oil I was able to slowly wiggle it down and use the tool I made to apply pressure to the parts I needed to work out. It slowly made its way all the way down and was able to come off easier then it went on and made it alot better. I did a 2nd hole but didn't wiggle the bit in this hole as much so that it is just a hair smaller then the last one, and then tapered it the same way. Again after some gentle pressure and some patients I was able to work it all the way down and again straighten it out a little more. It was to the point now that I I could get the fitting most of the way down, to the point that it should normally tighten up and need that last 1/8" down to seat it. I put the bottom on the line hoping that I could get it down enough to catch a couple of threads on the bottom of the fitting and maybe use it to bring it down the rest of the way. Unfortuatly I dropped it and it fell into that little hol on the bottom, below some parts of the ac system. IT looks like it is a welded up area that has a hole on the top and no way for it to come out. I have been trying to fish it out with my grabber but no dice so far. Anyone know where to get the bottom part of the fitting? The part that has the threads that tightens it down and holds it down? At this point I just had to laugh as it was just one more thing to go wrong, after doing a happy dance for fixing the line it was not a big deal to need to order another part....</p></blockquote><p></p>