CD Long Jr 140 #1 Posted January 14 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 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 11,076 #2 Posted January 14 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 76,881 #3 Posted January 14 Nice catch CD 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peter lena 9,665 #4 Posted January 14 @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 140 #5 Posted January 14 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 16,793 #6 Posted January 14 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 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 8,538 #7 Posted January 14 1 hour ago, kpinnc said: My grandma used to say "all the Lord's creatures serve a purpose", but I have yet to uncover what some of them are... They provided targets for my Red Ryder in the pole barn i had when we lived in Ky. Got pretty good at knocking them off of the rafters that way. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 54,123 #8 Posted January 15 (edited) Other day I was helpin @Achto with a K91 and there were dauber nests in the head & engine fins. I tried digging them out of the head with the jack knife and they were like concrete. Them devils can be worse than mice. I've got outlets in the overhead of the lean to on the warehouse for battery tenders and every one the ground hole was filled with a nest. Edited January 15 by WHX?? 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 15,686 #9 Posted January 15 8 minutes ago, WHX?? said: and every one the ... hole was filled with a nest. Be sure to wear ear plugs when you are hanging in the shed! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 54,123 #10 Posted January 15 8 minutes ago, Handy Don said: Be sure to wear ear plugs when you are hanging in the shed! Dang near ... Funny thing is I never see them. I don't think I would know what one looks like without googling. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
