[AT] Need some help
Dave
rotigel at me.com
Sat Feb 25 14:49:09 PST 2017
ROFLMFAO!
Dave
> On Feb 25, 2017, at 3:37 PM, Dennis Johnson <moscowengnr at outlook.com> wrote:
> If you have a good air cleaner system and do good maintenance, this means your engine life changed from about 18 years life to 17 years and 9 months life, provided you do not continue to feed it a regular diet of pencil lead.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Feb 25, 2017, at 12:49 PM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I think the problem is that it's not pure graphite, it is mixed with clay,
>> and there'd be at least some concern about the gritty particles scoring up
>> some moving parts. The good news is that there's not much of it, and it's
>> likely to just blow out the exhaust port immediately. And I think he
>> already tried the vacuum trick.
>>
>> SO
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
>>> -------- 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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