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Old 09-06-2020, 03:50 PM   #1
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Excellent idea. Magnet I have is too wide. Will look for narrow one tomorrow 😉
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Old 09-06-2020, 05:07 PM   #2
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Excellent idea. Magnet I have is too wide. Will look for narrow one tomorrow 😉
an auto parts store should have the extendable type.
Napa for sure I would think.
let us know how it goes.
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Excellent idea. Magnet I have is too wide. Will look for narrow one tomorrow ��
Those extendable magnets don't flex. I don't know if those drain tubes have bends or not, but sticking a stiff object in there may cause you even more problems. I've seen one thread where a guy pushed a drain tube in and it got detached. I don't know what he had to do to retrieve it.

If I were you, I'd find a small magnet and tape it to a flexible cable like a bicycle brake cable or something. Lowe's sells this thing called a "drain Weasel" it's a long flexible plastic thing that's used to snake out sink drains. See if you can tape a small magnet to something like that.

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