[andrewmr]

Pookie,

I've been inside a gearbox..... I'm not sure what little pieces of the tube would do to some of the little detents. I wouldn't do it.

You show a piece of tubing so I'm assuming that's a part of what's left. Does it float? If so, fill the gear box to the fill level with kerosene and see if you can float it out. It won't actualy float out as the level will never get high enough to carry it out the hole but it might get it close enough to the hole that you can grab it with a small grabbing device....... As someone else mentioned see if you can find a fiber scope to help locate the piece.

Michael