How the hell did that get in there?

[Mick-e]

Last week I opened up my engine to check the valves, and make sure there wasn't anything horribly wrong. With the valve cover off I begin the process with the feeler gauges, and I see what looks like a thin wire wrapped around one of my cam-shafts.
My first oh shit thought was that the cam was grinding against something, and this was a metal sliver.
So I grab the end of it, and give it a tug which produces a long dark curly hair just like the ones normally attached to my girlfriends head.
"What the hell is that shit" goes raging through my mind.
I can promise this for certain. My girlfriend has not been in the presence of my engine while the valve cover is off. How did the hair get in their? Where did it come from, and why was it wrapped around the cam shaft?
All a mystery.

What weird things have you guys found in your engines?

[Nucking Futs]

a huge pair of testicles

[jrace]

Originally posted by Mick-e
What weird things have you guys found in your engines?

A hamster. But that's normal for 250P engines.

-jim

[NoQuarter]

Originally posted by Nucking Futs
a huge pair of testicles

well you know for sure then they weren't Berto's.

:laughing


"It's badass!" - Mr. Teacup

[wackyiraqi]

Originally posted by Mick-e
"What the hell is that shit" goes raging through my mind.
I can promise this for certain. My girlfriend has not been in the presence of my engine while the valve cover is off. How did the hair get in their? Where did it come from, and why was it wrapped around the cam shaft?
All a mystery.

I hate to have to be the one to break it to you, Mickey, but your engine is cheating on you.

[TWF]

sadly your girlfriends is attracted to your bike more than to you :)

[afm199]

You do realize the significance of camshaft, right?

[Holeshot]

Originally posted by NoQuarter
well you know for sure then they weren't Berto's.

:laughing


"It's badass!" - Mr. Teacup


I found Dave's self restraint from Buttonwillow in mine. It kinda sucks I found it on Monday though...

I actually had the idea of building a 8CYL I4...where 4 cyl were storage areas...for thinks like cocaine over the border baby!

[Jimbo 460]

Originally posted by Holeshot
I found Dave's self restraint from Buttonwillow in mine. It kinda sucks I found it on Monday though...

ouch

[fawndog]

So I was having a Cannondale motor built/rebuilt (the thing lasted ~1 hour so the builder took it back to check things), after about a year and no updates I decided to get the motor back, in pieces or not. When my local engine builder started on it it went like this:

Him: Did you see inside the case?
Me: No, is there a problem?
Him: I think you better look inside.
Me: What am I looking for?
Him: You'll see.
Me: I dont see anything obvious.
Him: Keep looking.

At this point I'm tired of quessing.

Me: OK What is it already?
Him: Look in there.

He points to the very back, where I spy a bottle cap, a friggen bottle cap is in my dead motor with 1 hour on the clock! I just turned around and went home.

[duh_ave]

On some hondas there are springs around the shafts that (and in between) the rocker arms pivot on.
I wonder if it isnt something similar???

[christofu]

Last year, putting in one of those 15 hour pistons...

Left a shop rag stuffed around the crank (which I always insert to stop little parts from falling into the case). Put the entire top end back together. Literally inserted the hex key to turn the engine a few times by hand, stopped and thought..."hmmm.... did I take out that shop rag?"

A quick search on the bench showed no shop rag... a strangled sigh, followed by disassembling the entire top end again. Sure enough...


Then I reassembled the engine. Everything's looking nice. Engien turns well. I'm using a shop rag to wipe off the engine and behind the cylinder... argh! one of cylinder positioning dowels that must have falled out as I was putting on the cylinder. Dammit. Disassemble (again).

Lucky the CRF450 engines are so easy to work on!