not good, bad, real bad

[Rickard Olsson]

> So, full of positive expectations I go out to the garage and look 
 > in there and the shim is setting right out in the open.

This all reads like an Ellery Queen mystery novel. You have found the 
missing shim, the murderous butler and the unidentified body in the 
garden shed.

But where is the original magnet?

 > I found the magnet I had lost yesterday stuck to the mounting
 > frame on the left hand side.

Aha!

     / Richie