Sears used to have a product called "Grip Doctor", a liquid which you could slather the inside of a socket to hold a bolt in difficult to reach places where you cannot afford for the bolt to fall out of the socket. Sears no longer makes it, does anyone have any ideas on a liquid or substance I could place inside a socket to hold a bolt secure until I can physically reach it with my hands?

Thank you for any help, Husky

chewing gum

I use a piece of paper. Fold it over the nut/bolt and insert into the socket.

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I have used Bee's wax.

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magnetic socket inserts

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Lubricating grease.

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600SEL '91
300E 4Matic '88
240D '83
280SE '77
350SE '73
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x2 magnetic socket inserts.

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1982 300TDT
1991 190D
2022 Metris

X2 the paper. I have done this many times.

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2006 E320 CDI
1992 300D - 5speed manual swapped

former members
1984 300D "Blues Mobile"

1978 300CD "El Toro"

The advantage of using paper is when you STILL drop that stinking nut you can light the paper and use the light to find out where the li'l sumbeyotch fell! Not recommended for use on gasoline engines.

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“Whatever story you're telling, it will be more interesting if, at the end you add, "and then everything burst into flames.”
― Brian P. Cleary, You Oughta Know By Now