CD Long Jr 120 #1 Posted 2 hours ago I was settin' in the shed havin' my 1st coffee & a cigarette. A reply in my original post about the exhaust valve kept eatin' at me. "Looks like a food fight goin' on in there". I got to thinkin', carbon is black, this crap is brown. I got a pick and poked around; it crumpled. I have never seen carbon crumble. I remembered the homemade muffler had some big holes in it so I removed it. Fired up the air compressor, put on a 12" blow nozzle, stood back & blew around the exhaust. Crap went everywhere, then a mud dubber nest came out. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 10,981 #2 Posted 2 hours ago The "food fight" comment was mine. I'd say that if not cleaned, the exhaust would have been a mite restricted. Best to find that stuff now. And luckily none of the winged critters were home. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 76,557 #3 Posted 2 hours ago Nice catch CD 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peter lena 9,644 #4 Posted 2 hours ago @CD Long Jr hard to imagine what this guy was doing , or basically not caring about how any part of this worked , never picked up one like that , as stated , a tank clean out as well as a separate heavily treated gallon of fuel , lets you enhance running and adjustments . without question , that rislone zinc will help cut / remove that engine varnish . that engine heat cleaning ring flush , has an amazing effect on neglect . have it in all my engines , zero smoke , also 2 fuel filters , 1 close to tank another close to carb , drop carb bowl , probably loaded with crud. would also replace all existing fuel lines , fuel hose breakdown is very common, sta bil fuel additive in all my stuff , no issues at all , stay with it , pete 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CD Long Jr 120 #5 Posted 1 hour ago 24 minutes ago, ri702bill said: The "food fight" comment was mine. I'd say that if not cleaned, the exhaust would have been a mite restricted. Best to find that stuff now. And luckily none of the winged critters were home. You saved me a lot of aggravation my friend! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 16,631 #6 Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, CD Long Jr said: mud dubber nest My grandma used to say "all the Lord's creatures serve a purpose", but I have yet to uncover what some of them are... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
