[AT] Need some help

[Cecil Bearden]

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.
>
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> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Henry Miller
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>
> 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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