Plus, if you ever decide to offer low cost colonoscopies from home, you'll be good to go lmao. They are cool tools to have though, saved me the trouble of pulling heads from motors many times.
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Plastic nozzle in Crank
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gazza2010au
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pmsl i seen these tools at a local tool shop over here i think there a great idea u can find those bolts that fall down under the engine mount yes i think we have all dropped a bolt :lol: u could stick the camera down the spark plug hole inspect pistons for proper carb settings and carbon build up
anthonygrato
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kicker
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I'll be heading to Home depot in the morning.
Gave it another effort tonight with no luck. I used 68's grabber idea, but the biggest problem is I cant see it so I fished around trying to feel it, thinking I could grab it...............no luck.
I see that harbour freight has one as well, has anyone used either of these? The HF one is on sale for 89 the HD one is 139 not sure if the extra $$ is worth it.
kicker
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Thanks for the thought, I have all that stuff and still no luck. Did the straw attempt on the shop vac, as Rosie suggested, could not seem to get it. Still cant visually see it, so I have no idea where it is.
Tried buying a inspector scope camera at home depot, but they only had the Millwalkie one which was $350.00 and couldnt justify it. They carry a Ryobi for $149 but its on backorder.
Might have to jump the ditch and try the $89 from HF.
Without visually seeing the little sucker it is near impossible to retrieve.
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68ragtop
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Kicker, did you pull the RV cover off yet? I would think with that removed & the spark plugs pulled, you should be able to hand rotate that crank & get that bugger to show up . The only way I suppose it wouldn't is if it somehow got between the crank & block near the bearings. But, its gotta be there. I have a snap-on BK6000 it has a really small camera head & a 90 degree mirror. The mirror has been handy at looking around a corner.
Dr Honda
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That's not safe. The motor in a shop vac is open. if there is fuel down there... it could ignite (blow up) in the vac.
kicker
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68, I did pull the RV cover off, but it still leaves me with only 2 holes to look through. I think your right that it is wedged in somewhere.
It was never a problem turning it by hand. The problem is getting it to surface. I think getting a camera is the only option now.
Doc your right, I would not recommend for anyone to do anything with a shop vac and fuel together.
It was never a problem turning it by hand. The problem is getting it to surface. I think getting a camera is the only option now.
Doc your right, I would not recommend for anyone to do anything with a shop vac and fuel together.
68ragtop
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Sure, that makes sense. I was thinking that maybe you were not turning it over at all for fear of it getting permanently trapped somewhere. I have a funny feeling that it's laying somewhat diagonal in the bottom of the block just teasing you.
anthonygrato
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I was at HD today and forgot to check it out! I wanted to see how the pic was on it.
Brucetafer
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ive always loved my shop vac with a extention tube on it, if that doesnt work the pickle grabber with ducktape sticky side out always works for me in the long run...
I HAD one of those get in a 350 when i was first building engines, and believe it or not, it bent the intake valve, and stuck to the top of the piston.... nasty little buggers if you dont remember if you had it on the can or not...
good luck!
I HAD one of those get in a 350 when i was first building engines, and believe it or not, it bent the intake valve, and stuck to the top of the piston.... nasty little buggers if you dont remember if you had it on the can or not...
good luck!
kicker
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Thanks for the tip, that's one I have not tried yet used yet. I will give it a go tonight and let you know. i already have my ''happy dance'' moves planned for when I finally get this sucker.
The nozzle will go in a frame with "plastic nozzle no match for seadoo forum" engraved under it.
The nozzle will go in a frame with "plastic nozzle no match for seadoo forum" engraved under it.
I still reakon it's your best bet , even if it doesn't float you can 3/4 fill it rock the motor side to side and the straw will hopefully dislodge and become visible .
anthonygrato
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If it were me. I'd try the camera and snear. If that didn't work I'd break out the tools to remove the jugs. The cost of the new gasket is better then the cost of a rebuild!
anthonygrato
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If it was summer the jugs would have been off I'd bet.
kicker
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If it was summer I would have probably just gripped n rip it.........take the chance. Bruce mentioned that a plastic nozzle took down his V-8, not that I don't believe him, I just can't seem to get my head around plastic taking out metal.
Your right kwik, I can be very stubborn at times. What's holding me back is I just had the thing all apart and this happened in the final stages of assembly, so Im trying to avoid taking it apart again. Camera comes on Monday......failing that, off come the jugs, order gaskets and wait for them to arrive.
After all this I might take the ski on a little vacation and join you guys in sunny Florida.
Your right kwik, I can be very stubborn at times. What's holding me back is I just had the thing all apart and this happened in the final stages of assembly, so Im trying to avoid taking it apart again. Camera comes on Monday......failing that, off come the jugs, order gaskets and wait for them to arrive.
After all this I might take the ski on a little vacation and join you guys in sunny Florida.
Spimothy Leary
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this was discussed at length on pwc today and the consensus was grip it & rip it. (not my advice but thats what they said)
I would have yanked the engine by now had it on my bench and with a screw driver and a piece of chewing gum and a dental mirror and had that tube out and the engine back in. Stop waiting on the post man. And there is no way I'd run it in my engine. Yank it now you'll be back together by 6 AM.
gazza2010au
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how much was the camera errr how much are the gaskets i think you've just lost a week off your life from the stress when u could have pulled the cylinder and reused the same gaskets as u havent ran the engine yet 
anthonygrato
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By no men's would I grip and rip it or suggest that to even be an option
That's a piece of plastic that will break and melt. You will blow your engine from running it with that in there. Then when you open it up to rebuild it will be stuck to your jugs, crank and what ever else it it came in contact with.
I didn't know this was a fresh rebuild I missed that part of the post. If it was me I just would have yanked yanked the mother and pulled the jugs as soon as it happen.
Not sure who suggested running the ski with it in there but make sure they advise me on any problem!
That's a piece of plastic that will break and melt. You will blow your engine from running it with that in there. Then when you open it up to rebuild it will be stuck to your jugs, crank and what ever else it it came in contact with.
I didn't know this was a fresh rebuild I missed that part of the post. If it was me I just would have yanked yanked the mother and pulled the jugs as soon as it happen.
Not sure who suggested running the ski with it in there but make sure they advise me on any problem!
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