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| opera guy |
 Dec 31 2004, 05:40 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 337 Joined: 28-June 04 From: upland, ca Member No.: 2,268  |
sigh,
it was suggested to me from two different sources to use a stick (wooden dowel, pencil, chopsticks...etc) to put into the sparkplug hole to try to find TDC. Needless to say, when ever i work on my car, things gets... complex. so i got this chopstick in the sparkplug hole... turn the wheel and the chopstick started to go down.. down..good, this is going well, so i thought. then i kept turning the wheel, chopstick start to move up. IM EXCITED!! this is gonna work!!! yes!! then, snap, my chopstick broke in half. half was hanging out the sparkplug hole, the other half fell in! is my only alternative = pulling the heads? or can i somehow "fish" out the broken chopstick? argggg help this is a brand new rebuilt, less than 500 miles |
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| TheCabinetmaker |
Jan 3 2005, 06:59 PM
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I drive my car everyday Group: Members Posts: 8,319 Joined: 8-May 03 From: Tulsa, Ok. Member No.: 666 |
I concur. Trying to melt a plastic chopstick to oblivion in your combustion chamber is suicide to that chamber. A butane torch can reach in excess of 1000 degrees. Do not start that engine. If it lodges in the vlave, the valve could be blocked open and have a violent meeting with the top of the piston causing a bent valve, loosened valve seat, loosened valve guide, or a hole in the top of the piston, or even all of the above. I'm not sure what advice to give on how to retrieve the chopstick except to keep trying. Sounds like the real problem will be getting the end to line up with the hole. Good luck. |
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opera guy HELP!! broke chopsticks in combustion chamber Dec 31 2004, 05:40 PM
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I've got a... Dec 31 2004, 06:23 PM Bleyseng Aaa, I look at the flywheel notch or the fan for t... Dec 31 2004, 06:23 PM opera guy this is plastic chopsticks. looks like i will hav... Dec 31 2004, 06:27 PM URY914 Plastic- no problem. Stick a butain torch in there... Dec 31 2004, 06:35 PM opera guy Dec 31 2004, 06:52 PM DJsRepS Fire that muther up. Drive it at 5500 shifts aroun... Dec 31 2004, 08:40 PM Ray Warren Not sure if you can see it through the spark plug ... Dec 31 2004, 08:52 PM trekkor Remember the the Steve Martin bit, "Let's get ... Dec 31 2004, 09:16 PM Elliot Cannon Use a magnet!! No. Wait. That won't... Dec 31 2004, 10:06 PM kwales OK,
Hows about chewing gum on the end of a piece ... Dec 31 2004, 10:14 PM Rhodes71/914 I'm sorry but I don't think I would want t... Dec 31 2004, 10:15 PM kwales I've got a bunch of surgical graspers and thos... Dec 31 2004, 10:22 PM trekkor How about compresed air to blast it out?
Wear saf... Dec 31 2004, 10:34 PM bryanthompson Fill it with something more dense than the chopsti... Jan 1 2005, 01:03 AM TimT 
