HELP!! broke chopsticks in combustion chamber, anyone for chinese? Options

[Rhodes71/914]

Rockaria your animation is great.

I have to agree that dropping the engine is the only safe way to go about this. If the engine only has 500 miles on it then it has recently been out so a drop shouldn't be too hard, everything should be fairly clean and familiar.

[aircooledboy]

QUOTE

So I made this annimation to help

Christopher, I have paid tall dollars for trial illustrations that couldn't hold a candle to what did here. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif) That is really well done. We may be in touch on a more formal basis some day. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beerchug.gif)

[E-Man]

While resisting the ricer joke temptation, I submit:

http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/10/769.pdf


It's not worthless; it has pictures!

Note that the procedure is usually performed on mental patients, prisoners, inebrieated folks, etc.

We've all been through similar ordeals. Good luck!

[Bruce Allert]

TOTALLY (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/agree.gif)

Now I understand how it could happen. So glad I kept a hold on the pencil when I did this (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif)

Good job Chris (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beer.gif)

......b

[Rockaria]

QUOTE (aircooledboy @ Jan 6 2005, 11:50 AM)

Christopher, I have paid tall dollars for trial illustrations that couldn't hold a candle to what did here. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif) That is really well done. We may be in touch on a more formal basis some day. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beerchug.gif)

Thanks for the kind words. Animations are easy. I just used base pictures from the shop manual and drew the rest in Photoshop, then animated it in ImageReady. It also helped that I had a partialy dissasembeled 1.8 engine on a stand in my garage for reference.

[opera guy]

First of all, apologies and thanks to the ppl who were so caring about this issue back at the other board. apologies bc i asked for advice and took some of them, but didnt update y'all on what happened.


why didnt anyone tell me server's hdd got chewed up? i got 1.5TB here, im sure i could have spared some. anyway.

i was the dumb ass who broke a piece of plastic chopstick into the cylinder while trying to find the TDC.

i tried vacuuming it out, try sucking it manually (dont recommending it, but the stars were nice tho), try all kinds of chemical, but this plastic didnt even budge, tried tweezer, picks, grabbers, wire cloth hangers mangled into various shapes (these tools make me look like the guy that torture prisoners for information)

long story short, nothing worked, cant even get any kind of grip on the above said chopstick.

so, while walking my dogs, i saw a nice, well kept, white mazda miata for sale, nice price too. i figure, if i busted the motor (less than 1000 miles) i'll just part out the 914 and buy this miata.

so, i went home, fired up the 914, it stopped as soon as it started. so i cranked that baby again, it fired right up. there were some rattle at first, then it stopped. took her out for a test drive.... drove fine.

[Curvie Roadlover]

I remember following this thread with great interest. Glad everything worked out ok for you. Forget the Miata, keep the 914 (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/burnout.gif)

[opera guy]

yeah, forgotten bout the miata already.

but had i chewed up the motor though... i'd be driving a miata today

[Beck996]

Do not burn it out!!! Pull the engine from car. Drop cylynder to bottom of stroke. Valves should be closed. Fill cylinder with 10-40 oil. Stick will float to top where you can "fish" it out with tool ( sugical clamp from Radio Shack). Rotate engine to purge oil.... Its gonna smoke when started and foul your spark plug, but I image the stick will be out.

[airsix]

QUOTE (Beck996 @ Feb 11 2005, 02:57 PM)

Do not burn it out!!! Pull the engine from car.

I think that's overkill IMHO. 15 seconds at wide-open throttle and even the cast of CSI wouldn't be able to find a trace of that plastic stick. I could be wrong. That's just my opinion.

-Ben M.

[DuckRyder]

QUOTE (mharrison @ Jan 3 2005, 11:56 PM)

Maybe a gynecologist could get it !!!

I don't think that would work, they are used to working in a somewhat more pliable enviroment... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif)

[Katmanken]

It's amazing what you can ingest into a cylinder and come out fine.

I sucked the brass accelerator tube out of my solex carb in my Karmann Ghia. Black smoke, good idle, poor acceleration and a rattling that sounded just like a rod knocking. Went around a corner and the knocking went away. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/blink.gif)

Musta sucked that thing out the exhaust valve and out the header. I figgered brass was soft enough to not damage the pistons, cylinders, valves or seats. New accelerateor spatzel tube and I was back to terrorizing the Florida Geezers. Brmmmmm Brmmmmmm (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

Ken

[DJsRepS]

Im the one that said first fire that muther up! And the one that had the special light from Sears and the special hemostat plyers. And the one that said try Zylene to disolve it. And the one that told you that my car dropped a valve and I still drove it home (it jammed into the guide and quit making noise). Also same cyl got filled with water for ? how long. When I fixed it I found minimal dammage one guide and one valve and complete set of springs as that was the failure.. Cyl had a water stain in it but no rust pitting never re ringed it and it d/n smoke or burn oil. Anyway Im sure glad your driving the 914 and not that other thing you were looking at. Man I still drove mine when the seat sat loose on the rust with milk jugs behind it for adjustment and around 8" of rusted floor left seperating you from the ground. I use to think if I hit a big pot hole the seat would eject out the bottom and run me over. I could see the headlines now driver killed by hit and run driver. Victom and driver one in the same! Thats all fixed now but thats how much I like my 914.

[IronHillRestorations]

Glad to know it worked out for you without incident.