Ok so as I stated in my other thread about the Oval hitting the road, Yesterday I heard the dreaded sound of something going "clank"...."tink"...!?!?! As I lifted off the Alt stand. As I looked down I saw only three washers on the four bolts!!! Oh Cr#p! Now...was there four washers on there? I'm sure there was but I couldn't see the fourth anywhere. I started to get a bad feeling and looked into the fuel pump hole....Nothing...Double cr#p! Nothing down the filler hole either..... Oh man..... Next I pulled the dist drive and had a look. Nothing! I used a long flexable LED light to look around but still nothing. Oh well... I guess it's time to pull the oil pump and see if it's there. A few minutes later im looking at the gear and i can't see it? Where could have it gone?
A few minets with the flash light and i see it BEHIND the cam gear! No prob my gears have holes in em, I'll just fish it out with a wire.....
Ummm nope that washer is just larger than the hole...Damn!!!
I tried bending it to get it thru, cutting it and fishing some mech wire down but i couldn't pull it up past the gears.
So This is what I did.....with a lot of patience.
I used some electrical wire, stripped it down and used two of the strands about 14" long and soldered the two tips together. Next I fished it down past the gears and into the oil pump area, with some small allen wrenches and plires (like the game Operstion) I tied it around the washer and then solderd it together (just in case, I didnt want it falling back in somewhere i couldn't get it)
and it's out!!!!
Big Sigh of relief!
Moral of the story don't be a dumb ass like me and forget to remove all washers before lifting off the stand.
