lost straw down cylinder

*#$! I made a little hook out of a paper clip and managed to grab a hold of it then grabbed it with needle nose. BUT, It broke and I only got a 1" piece   I'm thinking it could be melted to the inside... I don't know, I'm done for tonight...

My wife suggested using the shop-vac to suck it out.... hmmmmmm. Maybe I could fit it with a rubber hose small enough to fit through the hole

Tim - Your thinking like my wife!
I am going to go try it....

I don't know exactly what its called, but I have a little grabber tool that has 3 hooked ends that open as you extend it and close as you pull back the plunger. I believe it would fit into a spark plug hole, and I bet they sell them at auto parts stores.

If that doesn't work, I'm not sure the little remaining piece would do much harm (engine experts please chime in here). A small plastic piece would hopefully blow out the exhaust valve and if not would melt and burn up as the engine warmed.

Yo! 63.I like to call those

   "Magic Fingers"

i bet you'll be a little more careful next time Randy, we all have done that one time or another but for some strange reason it never happens a second time   eric

PLBC lost the bottom hose of the trans pump in the trans Sunday. Took about 30 minutes but we got it out. Ooops! Going to put a hose clamp on it so this won't happen again.

Eric- Not sure what you are talking about... Maybe a pic would help. is it something to put on the can to keep the straw from falling off? if so, this should come on all cans of this fogging oil... I was really freaked out when this happened, started thinking I would have to tear the top of the engine apart...

I emailed skidim.com and asked them to measure the straw. Vince replied back, said it was 4". The pieces I recovered added up to 5". So i'm pretty confident I got all of it... I havn't finished fogging all the cylinders, been sick with the flu all week Hoping to finish this weekend...

one more thing...   when I winterized I was unable to remove the drain plugs from the manifolds. The previous owner told me he could not get them off after he overheated it that one time. I ordered some of that Kroil from Kano Labs after reading about it here (My Dad used to use this stuff too and had given me some a long time ago, don't know what happened to it) also got a breaker bar. When I get this I was going to try and lossen the plugs up. when I winterized I warmed it up to 160, drained the block, and then sucked the pink antifreeze (4 gal.) out of a bucket. I am not too worried about it freezing since the PO only drained the block last two years... plus the boat is in my garage which is attached to my house and doesn't get all that cold. My question: If I do manage to get the manifold plugs loose should I drain them, and if I do can I still pour antifreeze in the mannifolds without starting all over??

Or am I just worrying too much again.

if you do get the plugs out remove the hoses that lead to the manifold and put the antifreeze down them and if you can explain how to get these pictures on here. eric

Hey Randy, next time super glue the straw on, that's what I do with PB blaster etc. I get tired of barely touching something and it pops off.

Great idea Tim! I am going to do this.


Eric- check out my post on how to post pics in the "off topic" section.

randy, got it, posted that picture of the wd40 can, at first when i saw that thing i was thinking the wife will be happy and here the salesman told me no... you wrap it around the can. by the way the picture is on the post with the photobucket post you wrote, maybe you could transfer it over here   eric

79 we all have different forms of foreplay,that straw really is a pia and i never have one around anyways to use it

Here is what Eric is talking about. Neat invention!



Eric- now you have to go back to the other post and hit the "delete" button at the bottom of your post. Thanks