"Wayne.B" wrote

Try tacking the nut/washer/etc. together with double sided tape or hot
melt glue to make a temporary one piece assembly out of it.

Good tip which I've used variations of often. I didn't have any tape with
me and was in one of those damn the torpedos, just get it done moods.

When I was cleaning up, I moved something and there was the damn tape!

If I'd just stopped and driven to the store to get tape and other stuff, I
would have been out of there an hour and a half earlier. Good practice
though for those times afloat when you get stuck without the stuff you need.
Amazing what the fingers will do with a little practice.

--
Roger Long