[AJD] governor - 1953 50 - I screwed up

[Duane Ledford]

You might get lucky and be able to fish it out with a magnet. The trouble is 
that you are searching for a metal object in a metal cavity and your magnet 
will want to stick to everything. You might be able to flush it out if you 
have a solvent spray gun and access to compressed air. Dropping the screw in 
the crankcase sounds like something I would do. Glad to hear that someone 
else has the same luck.

Duane

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Ransom" <davidhenryransom at yahoo.co.uk>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 4:31 PM
Subject: [AJD] governor - 1953 50 - I screwed up


>
> Today I tried to put the 1953 50's governor back together.  To make it
> easier to clean out the inside of the housing, I removed the "H401R, 
> Lever,
> Inside Governor" (the thing that the thrust bearing pushes when the 
> weights
> push the thrust bearing).  When I tried to put it back on, I lost one of 
> the
> little machine screws, presumably somewhere down inside the crankcase.  I
> removed the top crankcase cover and reached around in there, and I drained
> the oil, and felt around inside the crankcase some more, and got all oily
> but didn't find the screw.
>
> Have any of you ever lost one of these screws like that?  If so, where did
> it turn up?
>
> Should I be taking off the cylinder block, the governor housing, or
> something else to look for it?
>
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