Lost inspection port plug

Dont ask me why, but for some reason i found myself needing to reinstall the inspection port plug for the flywheel/clutch on the right side of the bike today. Naturally, when i pushed it in, it went too far but was still visible. No big deal i thought, i'll just grab a pick and pair of pliers and weasel it back out. the second my pick touches the rubber it falls down into oblivion. I have tried turning the crank by hand (removed the plug on the belt cover in the front and turn the big nut with a socket wrench) no amount of turning brings the plug back into visibility in either the opening on the side, or the small opening between the engine and trans on the very bottom. In my mind, it is small soft rubber and probably wont hurt anything if it stays there; I still dont like knowing that something is there that shouldn't be.

If any of you have done this before, is there an easier way to retrieve it?
Will it hurt anything if i leave it there? (it'll probably disintegrate soon, right?)

Thanks for any and all suggestions


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Thanks
Brad

Might be a real bitch to fish it out but it won't hurt anything.
Crank the engine and use a vacuum to the port and see if you get lucky that way...
Good luck.

If you vacuum it out, plug the drain hole at 6 O'clock.
Any other time it won't work.

Or you could smash a freakin' big hole on the bottom of the bell housing.

Buy a new one, install it, forget about the old one, it'll get spat out of the slot at the bottom. The plug is an anachronism that has no purpose now. Never touch it again.

Pete

$1.61. In stock.

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Problem with that "solution" is that I seem always to buy something I didn't know I needed to get to the "minimum order" ($10) amount.  

BTW, I think I ordered 2 or 3 last year "just in case."  Happy to send one to you (no min order required  )  ... if I can find one in the present pigsty conditions of my once-pristine Moto Grappa.

Bill

P.S.  I can speak with authority that a "better bourbon" bottle cork stopper will work.  Believe Knob Creek was the temp fix I used last.  I can send one (or more!) of those, too.  

Thanks for the advice guys. Makes me feel better i'm not the only one who lost one of these.... i'm not right? Haha

Bill: i was placing the order with AF1 for a replacement as i was typing this.. shipping costs more than the damn part! i think i'll install this one with gorilla glue

better bourbon... i'll have to look into that. I might go out and buy a bottle just to see if the cork fits!!
Also might help with my sanity after working on this bike