Terrible day Options

[Special_Edy]

So it all started with a flat tire yesterday, which was no big deal since I was in a GREAT mood because I figured out my dead cylinder was being caused by a valve shim(holding a valve open) and not a burnt valve, So I replaced the tire began the process of measuring the valve shims.
Upon removing the valve cover I found a mirror-on-an-extendable-stick tool sitting inside my engine, which means Im a retard and left it there last time I had the engine open. The mirror was missing(probably in a million peices inside my bearings) so I changed the oil and filter immediately(thank god the oil looked perfect, maybe it is all in the filter)
Lol so then last night I dropped a feeler gauge into the engine, and it slid right down into the oil pan and is unretreivable with a magnet so I guess I will be pulling the oil pan.
Oh and toyota said it will take one to one and a half weeks for the shims to come in and they do not carry the valve tool so guess I will be removing/installing cams twice, once to measure the shims to order new ones and again to install new shims.
Oh and why is the FPIG $40 bucks? that seems outrageous

[Special_Edy]

Thanks I got it out with the two nuts, and finally prised the oil pan off. There was alot of junk in the bottom of the pan and on the screen, and I found the feeler gauge sitting right on top of the windage-tray/baffle. Definately a good thing I pulled the pan.
I think I'm gonna repaint it while I have it off, alot of paint came off when I scrubbed the grime off the outside of the pan. I also want to pick up some plastigauge tomorrow and check the main bearings