Weird problem with transmission tunnel on 550

This is going to sound odd, but the plastic key ring holding my house keys together managed to fall through the crack inside the ash tray into the depths of the transmission tunnel. Yeah, I know, how the hell did that happen - there's a narrow opening on the inside front of the ash tray on the 550, which will allow thin things to fall through. Typical Ferrari interior build quality. Thank God the keys stayed on the surface.

This key ring has a plastic fob about 4cm x 2cm and I am concerned that it might find its way into the mechanical bits (sorry for the techno jargon) making up the transmission itself. I tried unscrewing the ash tray and having a dig around in there, but no luck, so it must have dropped further.

Do I need to go to the effort of having the thing extracted in case it eventually causes some catastrophic mechanical failure, or is there no possibility of foreign bodies coming into contact with any part of the transmission?

Thanks for any help you can provide,

Harris

 

Many thanks for this.

Harris