Help I'm so screwed

Good you found it. How about a coat hanger wire with a slight hook bend at the end: if you get it to go through the tube and hook on at the far end.

 

Worst case scenario if you still cant get it out. Maybe you can melt it with a blowtorch through the tranny and drain it out in liquid form.

 

^ I don't think you want to do that...

 

Awesome!! Was the solution Mendel Leisk's idea to go through it and hook it?

 

Phew, glad that had a happy ending and a good lesson for us all! I have a little endoscope I got years ago for doing plumbing work, never thought about it having an automotive use as well!!
I'm getting ready to change the spark plugs in my daughter's old 2012 Sienna and seeing SO many warning about the little plastic clips on the plugs breaking when you remove them (plastic becomes brittle from the heat) so I've ordered 6 new cl ones just to have replacements in case some of them do break. (But I've learned to lift up on the tab with a small screwdriver or pick, never push down the other end, which makes breaking it much more likely.)

 

So, next time you change the transmission fluid, wrap a piece of tape or wire around the tubing outside of the fill hole, make a flag with the end such that it won't be possible for the tube to fall in.

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So to summarize, you Mendel Leisked it.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if he hires two dogs and an armed guard to watch over it next time.

 

Measure the ID of the fill hole, note it, and before next time score a complete funnel extension hose with slightly smaller OD.

FWIW, with 3rd gen hose OD of 5/8” (16 mm) is about the max.

 

^ A much better plan