[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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