[AT] Need some help

[Dennis Johnson]

Dick,

It will self-destruct quickly. Hopefully will not do much, if any damage.

When I was in college, I did an overhaul on a Mustang that had a carburetor ball drop into a cylinder. It did a lot of damage, crushing the piston top down on the rings and seized the rings in place. It finally got thrown out the exhaust.

Good luck
Dennis

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> On Feb 23, 2017, at 8:49 PM, Dick Day <dickday0 at gmail.com> 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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