Dropped in spark plug hole!
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Dropped in spark plug hole!
Took my injectors out and one of the injector caps fell into the intake. I took the intake off and got the cap back. It fell out of my hand and . . . . shot down the spark plug hole, with the plug out.
Normally I would be devastated but . . . I am doing a head gasket job so I think Phil the God of Insufficient Light has been thwarted this time. Just get it when I pull the head off.
Normally I would be devastated but . . . I am doing a head gasket job so I think Phil the God of Insufficient Light has been thwarted this time. Just get it when I pull the head off.
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Been selling Twinkies on Ebay,
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That would give me nightmares. I would duct tape a piece of vinyl tubing to a shop vac hose and pull it out anyway, just so I could sleep in peace.
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Hey, another great idea. Might just try that.
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this is easy put the car on a rotisserie then flip it over the part will fall out into your hand
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Have you considered taping a length of rubber hose to your shop vac and vacuuming it out through the spark plug hole?
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I would try to find a way to snare it, but I can tell you the engine will eat that thing and spit it out without any problem. I worked on an 87 that ate 6 of them.
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have some extra cash right now.
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Those pintle caps seem to fall in all the time. I have a four jawed grabber that will go in the spark plug hole so I usually try to grab them and pull them out, but it is just because I like it that way. They will get chewed up and shat out by the cylinder just fine without causing any problems. At least I have never had any problems with them going through. Not sure what they do to the cat.
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