[AT] Need some help

[Cecil Bearden]

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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