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Dodged a small bullet, learned a lesson!

 
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Lanny Fetterman



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 11:38 pm    Post subject: Dodged a small bullet, learned a lesson! Reply with quote

Hi all, Just thought I would share a lesson I learned today. I was going
to fog my 503 for winter storage today. Since the FSII was on the trailer,
in the hanger and it was raining, I figured I would just take the carbs off
and fog the crankcase without starting the engine. Seemed like a good idea
at the time, but I digress.
Anyway, I put the little plastic straw thingie on the fogging can, stuck
the straw into the intake and pushed the button on the aerosol can. In the
blink of an eye the plastic straw blew off the can and went into the
crankcase, CRAP!! Who would have ever predicted that.
I could see the very top of the plastic straw standing straight up in the
crankcase. I wasn`t sure if it was sitting on the bottom of the case or if
it could fall further and disappear. Long story short, I used a four
fingered grabbing tool to pull it back to the intake side of the cylinder,
then grabbed it with a pair of needle nose pliers, and pulled it out. This
all took about half an hour from the beginning of the circus to the end. I
think I had some divine help as the straw was very slippery from the
fogging oil.
What I learned is, never use the straw to inject fogging oil into the
crankcase! All`s well that ends well. Lanny N598LF : )


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PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:02 am    Post subject: Dodged a small bullet, learned a lesson! Reply with quote

Lanny, Back in the days of the Mikuni pumper carb, I was trying to get
a Zenoah to run. We were trying to get it started and I used a little
WD-40 as starting fluid. Of course I used the little tube to direct
the spray right down the carb throat.
Spray down the carb throat, the engine runs a bit then stops, repeat.
Just keep spraying, engine keeps running.
Can runs out, engine stops.
Hey, where did that tube go?
Pull the spark plug and there was a tiny piece of red tube lying on it.
All sorts of foul words directed at self and most everything else I
could think to blame for my stupidity.
Order head and base gasket and new Mikuni slide carb.
A few days later, disassemble engine and look for more pieces.
Not one to be found. Flush engine real good with WD-40 and no darn red
tube pieces.
Reassemble engine with new carb and reinstall.
Vroom.
Yeah, no little tubes anywhere near an intake, ever! Smile

Rick

On Nov 10, 2007 7:32 PM, Lanny Fetterman <donaho(at)uplink.net> wrote:
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Hi all, Just thought I would share a lesson I learned today. I was going
to fog my 503 for winter storage today. Since the FSII was on the trailer,
in the hanger and it was raining, I figured I would just take the carbs off
and fog the crankcase without starting the engine. Seemed like a good idea
at the time, but I digress.
Anyway, I put the little plastic straw thingie on the fogging can, stuck
the straw into the intake and pushed the button on the aerosol can. In the
blink of an eye the plastic straw blew off the can and went into the
crankcase, CRAP!! Who would have ever predicted that.
I could see the very top of the plastic straw standing straight up in the
crankcase. I wasn`t sure if it was sitting on the bottom of the case or if
it could fall further and disappear. Long story short, I used a four
fingered grabbing tool to pull it back to the intake side of the cylinder,
then grabbed it with a pair of needle nose pliers, and pulled it out. This
all took about half an hour from the beginning of the circus to the end. I
think I had some divine help as the straw was very slippery from the
fogging oil.
What I learned is, never use the straw to inject fogging oil into the
crankcase! All`s well that ends well. Lanny N598LF : )



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