[AT] Need some help

[Jim Yost]

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Jim

> On Feb 25, 2017, at 11:07 AM, markagreer <markagreer at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Pencil lead is graphite and is fairly soft. Powdered graphite is used as a lubricant in some applications. If you can't suck it out with a piece of 1/4" tubing or a drinking straw, it will probably just disintegrate into graphite dust and not be a problem. 
> 
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> -------- Original message --------From: Dick Day <dickday0 at gmail.com> Date: 2/23/17  9:41 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: ATIS <at at lists.antique-tractor.com> Subject: [AT] Need some help 
> 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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