Help with under seat vent

[Backdraft51185]

So my kids dropped a marble in my truck. It sounded like it was under the console so I ripped the entire thing out. No marble. Drove without a console and can still here it. I think it rolled down the under seat heater vent and is stuck between a lip and the 90 bend at the front. Anyone know how to get to this without ripping out the carpet and everything?

 

[brian42]

Can you see it with a flashlight?

Since it's not magnetic you can't blindly search by sticking a magnet in there and hoping that you "catch" it.

For stuff I've dropped and can't get to with my sausage fingers I use one of these:

X-Long 36" Flex-Cable Pick-Up Tool 4-Finger Claw End Retriever Snake: Cable Insertion And Extraction Tools: Amazon.com: Tools & Home Improvement

X-Long 36" Flex-Cable Pick-Up Tool 4-Finger Claw End Retriever Snake: Cable Insertion And Extraction Tools: Amazon.com: Tools & Home Improvement

www.amazon.com

 

[MayhemMOORE]

Can you get to it with a piece of fuel line or similar sized tubing taped to the end of a shop vac? I've had success with this method before in similar situations.

 

[kapinallinen2]

I did that to suck up a broken tip of a glow-plug in a HMMWV.

Can you get to it with a piece of fuel line or similar sized tubing taped to the end of a shop vac? I've had success with this method before in similar situations.