help!

[emaN]

Cruisin' along yesterday, one of my plugs popped out; normally i'd screw it straight back in...but,

Awkward thing is, the little bendy bit (down the bottom), has broken off and fallen back into the cylinder.

Tried using a telescopic magnet thingy, no luck. Tried taping some small pipe to the vaccum cleaner to suck it out, no luck.

Any ideas?

What are my chances of getting it sorted before Paeroa?!

[Sniper]

Just pop a new plug back in and run the engine. It should just pop right out the back.
(No don't do this, Im joking!!!)

Best bet is to carry on trying. You sure the little bendy bit is still in there or has is come off when the plug popped out? Im presuming by "popped out" it came loose. It didn't shoot away from the cylinder did it?

[emaN]

he he...yeh, it'll pop out the back along with a few extra bits too!

took the tank off there&then; plug & cap were still sitting down in 'the hole'...

it couldn't have come all the way out 'cos the tank would'a stopped it, i'm figuring...

[cowpoos]

a labotamy

[emaN]

cheers poos...

you got easy access to a whole lot of green sticky stuff i could shove down there to get it, don't ya?!

[R1madness]

Keep fishing man. However it may not still be in there. If the engine was reving at the time it may have been spat out the exhaust port. It may also be imbedded in the piston crown or head. If you cant get it out with a magnet you will have to strip the head off.

[Colapop]

It may be easiest to get someone give you a hand to whip the head off? Pain in the arse but better to check for any little bits that could cause probs later...

[Sniper]

What R1madness said mate

[cowpoos]

why don't ya stick a hose down the plug whole and turn it up real high and try flush it out?

[emaN]

ok...
was hoping it wouldn't involve taking the head off, but looks like i'll need to.

very strange 'cos it wasn't missing or runnning on 3 'till then; infact, Sat it flew on some of those roads out to Kawhia and back!

thanks for helpin' you three!

[emaN]

Poos, you may have me confused with Dover et al...

i ain't stickin' no hose anywhere near any of my holes!

[cowpoos]

you could pour hot water down there...and then fill it with jelly crystals...then get a monkey with a straw to suck all the jelly up.....then check his shit for the next week to look for it...to make sure it came out!

[emaN]

talk about No. 8 wire resolve/inventivness!

so, what flavour jelly does this hypothetical monkey prefer?

I'd rather use a filter...then again, i'm pretty sure filter socks were meant for other uses

Still, back to my conundrum (?), there's been loads of views... anyone else got tips?!

[skelstar]

Check to see if the bendy bit looks like it had snapped off or worn off (?!?!?). Reckon if it snapped off then it did it when it popped out (and hit something and snapped), so chances are its not in the cylinder. Make sense? Im confused.

[Colapop]

How good are you at training cicadas? THere's a few of them around right now. If your're any good then you could train it to do all sorts of things after it's crawled in there and got your bit out. Are they strong like ants? If so then they could opn the bank for you - fom the inside...... Hmmmm.... Bears thinking about.....