[AT] Need some help

[Dick Day]

THAT is funny!

On Feb 24, 2017 12:57 PM, "Cecil Bearden" <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:

> I once used a white colored pencil to remove some earwax!!!   I thought
> that it might have broken off inside the ear canal but I could not
> tell.   A week or so later I was in the Dr. office and I asked her to
> take a look a second time in my ear..    After I told her what to look
> for she found it!!  She went to the trouble of sterilizing some
> alligator forceps to get the 3/8 inch long piece of white lead out of my
> ear.   That was about 12 years ago, and she still won't let me forget
> it....
>
> I would suggest a piece of plastic rod or just a wooden dowel or cut the
> pencil off with a knife.    I once had a barn cat jump on a very
> difficult paint repair on the bed of a pickup while it was still wet.
> I had just used the last of the special matched paint, and it was $75
> for another pint.  More than that cat was worth...
>
> Cecil in OKla
>
>
> On 2/24/2017 11:04 AM, Dick Day wrote:
> > Thanks, This is one runs on propane so the piston and cylinder look
> almost
> > new (the last time I looked) I cannot imagine that the tip of a pencil
> > could do that much damage.  As best as I can tell, the piece of lead was
> > about 3/16's long and it narrowed to a sharp point.  Obviously, I will
> > never use a pencil again :)
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 10:58 PM, Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I would bet that it is not as bad as you think..  Pencil lead is carbon
> >> and clay, so it it really just what it on the valves and the head.  I
> >> would start it and run it for at least 30 minutes before shutting down.
> >>
> >> Cecil in OKla
> >>
> >>
> >> On 2/23/2017 10:08 PM, Dean VP wrote:
> >>> I would wager that there are bigger pieces of carbon build up that
> break
> >>> loose inside the engine and rattle around and finally exit out the
> >> exhaust
> >>> without serious damage. It is not my engine but if it were mine I
> >> wouldn't
> >>> worry about it.
> >>>
> >>> Dean VP
> >>> Apache junction, AZ
> >>>
> >>> It's better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> >>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Henry
> Miller
> >>> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 8:35 PM
> >>> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> >>> Subject: Re: [AT] Need some help
> >>>
> >>> Pencil lead has a lot of clay, not what I want in my engines. I'd try
> >>> something sticky down the hole first. I'm not sure what though. The
> >> vacuum
> >>> idea occurred to me too.
> >>>
> >>> If this is a small engine I'd shake it upside down. But I'm not sure
> what
> >>> kind of engine that is so I don't know if it is possible.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>>     Henry Miller
> >>>     hank at millerfarm.com
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Feb 23, 2017, at 08:41 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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