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| | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | Jim, can you stick a piece of wire down in the cylinder and have someone turn the engine until you know the piston is at the top..... then, then maybe it will be in view. Take a small pick and scratch around in there and maybe you'll get lucky. This is driving me crazy...lol | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 Sir Searchalot | | Sir Searchalot Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 | Back up and read 5150scott.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,299 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,299 | I will be inserting a wd40 extension pipe into the spark plug hole of my perfectly fine, recently rebuilt 235 and fire it up on 2-3-2014 unless I hear from the OP that he has already done the same on his engine. I just can't take it any more.  Carl
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1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,611 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,611 | Way to go Carl, a volunteer test dummy! | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 Sir Searchalot | | Sir Searchalot Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 | Carl: The plastic will flow down into the rings, heat harden, become stronger than steel, lock up the engine and start your garage on fire and possibly the neighbor's outhouse. Just go to a Yoga class and let it go.
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. - William Penn
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,441 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,441 | Have you noticed the OP has not responded with any update for a week? Think he gave up on us?
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| | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 Sir Searchalot | | Sir Searchalot Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 | Jim, Wudgado? Everyone support at FreeCarl.com
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. - William Penn
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 568 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 568 | I will be inserting a wd40 extension pipe into the spark plug hole of my perfectly fine, recently rebuilt 235 and fire it up on 2-3-2014 unless I hear from the OP that he has already done the same on his engine. I just can't take it any more. Carl Don't ruin your motor! I'll test it on my neighbors!
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| | | | | Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,519 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,519 | Of all possible answers to this question,,Im with Don Stocker! He has the most logical, and simple solution to the problem. Just start the truck up and drive it for 5 miles or so. That's it. Hard to believe theres almost 6 pages of "solutions" to this "major dilemma". Just cant take it anymore.  Good Luck ,, hope you don't have to pull the head. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,299 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,299 | Carl: The plastic will flow down into the rings, heat harden, become stronger than steel, lock up the engine and start your garage on fire and possibly the neighbor's outhouse. Just go to a Yoga class and let it go. Yoga? I can barely tie my own shoes. OP has until Sunday.
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 Sir Searchalot | | Sir Searchalot Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 | "Nothing like the smell of napalm in the morning"
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. - William Penn
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,299 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,299 | Carl: The plastic will flow down into the rings, heat harden, become stronger than steel, lock up the engine and start your garage on fire and possibly the neighbor's outhouse. Just go to a Yoga class and let it go. I hope the ground hog doesn't see his shadow from the fiery inferno of my fresh 235 tomorrow. Hey OP, where have you been? How will you know what to do if you don't follow this post? Carl
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 Sir Searchalot | | Sir Searchalot Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 | There is a Law in Virginia prohibiting working on vehicles on Super Bowl Sunday. It's a religious thing. Better wait.
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. - William Penn
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,299 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,299 | There is a Law in Virginia prohibiting working on vehicles on Super Bowl Sunday. It's a religious thing. Better wait. Good point Bart, I'll wait until OP gets back with us. I really didn't want to steal his thunder anyway. Carl
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | I chatted with the OP a couple days ago. He is doing as he mentioned. Working on his springs I think it was. He'll come back soon. Its taking a breather!! | | | | | Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 224 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2013 Posts: 224 | Put in most of yesterday on my 'dilemma'. Yesterday I found the TDC of the piston and: probed with a soft wire with and W/O a hook on the end; put a dollop of grease on the wire; vacuumed with my shop vac and a small nozzle; used air pressure with a 3/8 fitting and also used a plyable plastic hose on the end of my air nozzle inserted into the cylinder wall to bring the small spout at least into view. I failed. Seems my remaining options are: try all of the above again; get a borescope; pull the head; start the engine with fingers/toes/eyes crossed. After all this, I'm leaning toward just starting her up and run it for a bit. For now, I'm going to step away from this mess for a bit and install two new rear springs, shackles and spring bolts that are arriving today. I WILL let you know how this does turn out. I don't want to keep anyone in suspense. Again, thanks for all the suggestions you've given. I do appreciate it!!! | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 Sir Searchalot | | Sir Searchalot Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,983 | Get a powerful light. Look on the floor, on the engine or on the frame/suspension for it. If that thing is 4" long, you would have seen/felt it? Remember, you are retired, like me, and sometimes things happen opposite of what we think happened.  If it ain't in there, it ain't in there.
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. - William Penn
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 165 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 165 | I have a 1918 White (not the color) truck that I blew a wd40 spout into. The spark plug hole is offset and not directly over the piston so when I did this very same thing I nearly **** my pants at the thought of pulling it out. My normal fix of a shop vac and wire wasn't working so I used a hot piece of wire. Let the tube kind of melt to it while it was cooling down and pulled it out. Worked just fine.
You might get desperate enough to heat up a coat hanger with a torch and touch it to the spout to glue it together and pull it out.
Good luck.
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