Here's a little tip

Here is a little tip for all of our younger, less experienced members.

When working alone, and you need to check for TDC (that’s top, dead, center for our newbies), don’t use a hard object like a screwdriver. It could damage the piston or valves. Use something like a soda straw. If you can’t find one, use a pencil with the eraser end down. It won’t damage the engine and what are the odds it will hang up on the exhaust valve and break?






Here is another tip for our younger members.

When it breaks off in the engine, take an air hose, stick it in the exhaust (after removing the pipe), and stand there for about 4 minutes as the end of the pencil bounces around, and around, and around in the cylinder and finally hits the spark plug hole just right, popping out.

I’ll be adding more tips as I think of them.

had a buddy bread a pencil tip off the same way some 30 year ago


But we just used a long roach clip to grab the pencil resting on the piston and pulled it right out

Ya just gotta have the proper "dual purpose" tools for those specialty jobs

Ya just gotta have the proper "dual purpose" tools for those specialty jobs

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Yet another tip for our younger members.

LMAO !! I love these threads. Cj

Diablouph said:

Here is a little tip for all of our younger, less experienced members.

When working alone, and you need to check for TDC (that’s top, dead, center for our newbies), don’t use a hard object like a screwdriver. It could damage the piston or valves. Use something like a soda straw. If you can’t find one, use a pencil with the eraser end down. It won’t damage the engine and what are the odds it will hang up on the exhaust valve and break?

Here is another tip for our younger members.

When it breaks off in the engine, take an air hose, stick it in the exhaust (after removing the pipe), and stand there for about 4 minutes as the end of the pencil bounces around, and around, and around in the cylinder and finally hits the spark plug hole just right, popping out.

I’ll be adding more tips as I think of them.

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I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was younger.
I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was stronger.
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You could always use a fresh pencil with a dab of superglue. No wait what...

You could always use a fresh pencil with a dab of superglue.

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Thanks Shrugger, now I have this #&^%$@#!@$%^ pencil stuck to my finger.

Ugh, I did the pencil snap off eraser end in jug a few years ago. Didn-t have something to fish it out, and was sorely temped to just run it to death like My Combat has diegest thumb size carb slide piece, so filled with fuel and tipped bike so it float to plug hole and needle nose to pick it out.

hobot said:

Ugh, I did the pencil snap off eraser end in jug a few years ago. Didn-t have something to fish it out, and was sorely temped to just run it to death like My Combat has diegest thumb size carb slide piece, so filled with fuel and tipped bike so it float to plug hole and needle nose to pick it out.

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Now thats pure genius!
You see, I would have just filled it with gas and burned it out.
Talk about a snortin Norton

by Guido » Wed May 23, 2012 8:11 pm



hobot wrote:Ugh, I did the pencil snap off eraser end in jug a few years ago. Didn-t have something to fish it out, and was sorely temped to just run it to death like My Combat has diegest thumb size carb slide piece, so filled with fuel and tipped bike so it float to plug hole and needle nose to pick it out.


Now thats pure genius!
You see, I would have just filled it with gas and burned it out.
Talk about a snortin Norton

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Glad I didn't know about this as I would have filled with fuel, tipped the bike, it would have fallen on me, caught fire, trapped, I would have burned to death, and the bad thing is we would have lost another Norton.

Actually I used diesel fuel not gasoline fuel and syringed it out raising jug slowly so not spill over the engine, too much. i figured what little left to drain to sump wouldn't hurt mixed with the oil. I did not figure this out right away ok, to wipe my Blank BI Staring State off after shock of the light crack sound and withdrawing a stub. Plug hole is aimed skewed to piston motion. I'm so relieved its not just me, thanx.