Well my stupid brain went to work tonight, i went to check my valve clearance and in doing so my ring slipped off my finger and my heart stops cold :o first thing wtf do i do know will i run inside find a flash light and run back out ring is sitting in there on the chain. I start freaking out more run grab a stick magnetic and test it on my other ring that is exactly the same... nothing i am just in a so pissed off state with my heart going faster then ever so i run inside and grab some wire clip a foot or so off and bend just the end a little in a V shape. Last chance if i mess this up i am gonna have to have a professional get it out. I pace some trying to calm down cant have a hand shaking, it settles i lean over slowly inching my way down with this wire start to loop it under and through one of the Celtic knot it starts coming up and out :woohoo: happy dance and finish removing all my other rings not gonna have that again scared me to death. Well once i settle down my mind goes what if something else fell to and i didn't notice :icon_eek: i am freaking out again i use the light don't see nothing i then spin the 19mm nut on the engine for like 5 Min's listening and feeling for anything that should not be there. I hate when i do stuff like this and i always get that voice in my head saying u messed something up i am 100% sure nothing else fell in but i just get that noise in my head and start freaking out.
Good save!
Two things that might help next time: stuff a couple clean rags in the center of the engine to block stuff from falling in. People drop all kinds of stuff down there when checking valves (obviously). And nitrile / latex gloves for oily engine work are for more than keeping your hands clean!
Which all goes to show, - motorbikes and jewellery don't really mix, BUT on the other hand, wear your jewellery on your foreskin and no probs at all.
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Quote from: Joolstacho on May 02, 2015, 01:20:46 AM
Which all goes to show, - motorbikes and jewellery don't really mix, BUT on the other hand, wear your jewellery on your foreskin and no probs at all.
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seriously wtf? :dunno_black: :confused: :cookoo:
XD yeah well I learned a great lesson from it, and sorry for poor typing it was late and I just finished fishing it out and had to tell my story.
Quote from: Joolstacho on May 02, 2015, 01:20:46 AM
Which all goes to show, - motorbikes and jewellery don't really mix, BUT on the other hand, wear your jewellery on your foreskin and no probs at all.
:flipoff:
Doesn't it hang up in your lacy lingerie?
Umm. .. if I recall correctly, Jools has had recent back surgery?! .. may still be medicated! ;) which could account for his overshare! ;)
Haha, I know I've got to keep taking the tablets eh?! :icon_eek:
Post surgical background pain is no fun at all! .. tablet away sir! .. that's what they gave them out for!
You almost where seriously phugged! :icon_eek:
Not only losing some overpriced piece of metal in the engine, but possibly an engine seizure should you have not noticed something falling in there!
I don't know which one would be worse, but I put my vote on engine seizure being worse than losing a wire of bullion.
And with that fateful twist of the throttle, both marriage and motor seized to exist. :cry:
Seriously, glad you caught that 8ball. Had a kick spring give in my DR350 and shear all the teeth off my oil pump... spent the last six months split open picking metal out of her. NOT FUN >:(