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Valve check help ASAP!

tas850g

tas850g

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Chalk it up to Murphy's Law........while check the shims using the zip tie method, i may have put the piece of tape on the zip tie toooo close to the bend and guess what???? the piece of tape is somewhere in the cylinder! WHAT NOW????
 
Had a small screw fall into the cylinder of a car I was working on once, this worked a charm:

Try a shop-vac and stick the hose over the spark-plug hole to see if you can vacuum it out. If the diameter of the hose is too big to get close to the spark plug hole, try duct-taping another piece of hose or tube that is the right diameter and give it another whirl. If you can find a flexible tube (soft plastic) that will fit into the spark plug hole, tape that to the shop-vac hose so you can get right into the cylinder and jiggle it around to catch the piece of tape more directly. Just make sure this "extension" tube is long enough that you can pull it out if it should become detached from the shop-vac hose, just in case.
 
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I'll try it. I only have a 2.5hp shop vac. but will try anyway. Thanks! I'm just thinking what i may have to do but don't want to do it.
 
MAK68....your the best!!!! It worked. I rotated the ignition bolt with the 19mm and i heard/felt something get sucked up into the tube. Thank God! Again, i was thinking lets tear this engine apart. I owe you.
 
I'm going to sound like my old man but FFS. Stop using kooky methods as a 'I always do it that way' and buy the right tools and save all this worry and painic.

Shim depressing tool is on $15 from z1 so i've been told.

Suzuki mad
 
Hi,

Perhaps I should put a disclaimer on my website, "I do not use or recommend the zip tie method. Proceed at your own risk." :hand:

The tool is cheap, and with a little practice, the procedure is quick and easy. It works for me.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff
 
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