[AT] Need some help

[John Hall]

If it is just the tip of the pencil lead, I would think it would self 
destruct and blow out the exhaust. I can't see it being tough enough to 
damage a piston or valve. Of course I'm not the one footing the repair 
bill either. The idea of a small piece of hose adapted to a vacuum 
cleaner may work, but how will you know if you actually got it out?

John Hall

On 2/23/2017 9:41 PM, Dick Day wrote:
> The generator that sits on my carry-all (on the back of the Boomer) was in
> my shop for a general clean-up.  I had just finished adjusting the
> intake/exhause gaps and was ready to put the cover back on, when I got some
> help from an unwanted assistant.  My wife's cat.  I had used a pencil to
> see when the piston was up and the valves were both closed.  I had the
> pencil sitting in the cylinder to see when it was at the tdc.  The cat
> jumped up there and manager to push the pencil just hard enought to break
> the lead off.  So, I have a tiny piece of lead sitting on the top of the
> piston.
>
> I'm not up to tearing the engine down and would need to take it to a repair
> shop.
>
> Will the engine self-destruct with the top of the pencil sitting on top of
> the piston?  It cannot be more than an 1/8" long with a fairly sharp point.
>
> I have done this same procedure for years and never had a problem.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> As always, thanks.
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