[AT] Need some help

[Dean VP]

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. 

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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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