dropped plastic straw into transmission of 1980 SN
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Topic: dropped plastic straw into transmission of 1980 SN
Posted By: sailsail
Subject: dropped plastic straw into transmission of 1980 SN
Date Posted: May-21-2018 at 7:48pm
| What are my options here? I was pumping the old fluid out and the 5 inch straw detached from the pump and fell in. |
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Posted By: sailsail
Date Posted: May-21-2018 at 7:59pm
| I've tried the shop vac method. The filling it up all the way method and the needle nose pliers method. |
Posted By: sailsail
Date Posted: May-21-2018 at 8:20pm
| I have also removed the lower oil strainer and no luck finding it. Bilge is covered in oil now. |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: May-21-2018 at 8:44pm
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5" long but what's the I.D.? Bend a small L at the bottom of some bailing wire. Insert and catch the bottom of the plastic tube. What field of engineering are you in? ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: sailsail
Date Posted: May-21-2018 at 8:50pm
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about a quarter inch. I have been trying to fish it out with safety wire for over an hour. Aerospace. |
Posted By: sailsail
Date Posted: May-21-2018 at 9:04pm
| I can see it with a flashlight. It's mocking me. |
Posted By: sailsail
Date Posted: May-21-2018 at 9:06pm
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I need one of those little claw things that people used to use to pull olives out of deep jars. |
Posted By: gt40KS
Date Posted: May-21-2018 at 9:28pm
I know how you feel. I've got a diesel transfer tank on my truck and the pick-up tube fell off into the tank a month or two after it was installed. I could see it, but we tried everything from magnets to grab claws and even something resembling Pete's bailing wire with no luck. Guess I could have drained the tank, unbolted it from the bed and turned it upside down. Perhaps you're left with that option  BTW - I still hear that tube rolling around in the tank ..... ------------- JCCI 1995 Ski Nautique GT40 |
Posted By: jimsport93
Date Posted: May-21-2018 at 9:38pm
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That claw pickle grabber may do the trick. ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=2798 - 93 Sport Nautique |
Posted By: sailsail
Date Posted: May-21-2018 at 9:40pm
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GOT IT!!! O Reillys had one of those grabbers! |
Posted By: sailsail
Date Posted: May-21-2018 at 9:43pm
IT DID!!!!! |
jimsport93 wrote:Posted By: jimsport93
Date Posted: May-21-2018 at 10:01pm
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That is great. My wife did not want me to mail you her pickle grabber......geez; not even for a fellow CCFan ! ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=2798 - 93 Sport Nautique |
Posted By: baitkiller
Date Posted: May-21-2018 at 10:24pm
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You are not the first nor the last. ------------- Jesus was a bare-footer............. |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: May-21-2018 at 10:27pm
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Sailsail There must be a lesson to be learned from this 
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Posted By: Jonny Quest
Date Posted: May-22-2018 at 12:47am
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Ahhhhhh Grashopper: Wise man use longer straw. ------------- Current 2003 Ski Nautique 206 Limited Previous 2001 Ski Nautique Open Bow 1994 Ski Nautique Open Bow Aqua skiing, ergo sum |
Posted By: Gary S
Date Posted: May-22-2018 at 12:51am
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An even wiser man uses a piece of metal brake line ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1711&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970" rel="nofollow - 69 Mustang HM SS 95 Nautique Super Sport |
Posted By: sailsail
Date Posted: May-22-2018 at 1:45am
In my defense it was the best fluid transfer pump I have. I never knew the straw came out! Had it for years with no issues.
Care to explain? Edit: I figured out what you mean. I’m going to epoxy a stainless line to the pump that is 18 inches long. |
Posted By: Smithfamily
Date Posted: May-22-2018 at 9:03am
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All fun and games till the straw falls in. ------------- Js |
Posted By: baitkiller
Date Posted: May-22-2018 at 9:31am
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I guess I'm the only one who uses the engine to do it. I find it easier and it allows me to flush the cooler and clutches but I sacrifice a quart of cheap ATF to do it. Get a piece of 4' x 5/8" clear vinyl tube at ACE or Petes place. Pull off the outlet hydraulic fitting from the gear cooler and shove the tubing onto it. It fits. Other end goes in yer bucket. Squirt some soap into the strut bearing. (I assume you have a flush set up AKA TIM-T) Fire it up and watch all the oil go through the tube and into the bucket. Stop engine, dump in a quart of cheep fluid. Fire it up and shift a few seconds in fwd and rvs. Run until oil stops coming out the tube. Put the hose back on and fill to spec. I actually thought about doing a video of this when I did it around Easter but couldn't get any help when I was ready. Just how I have always done it. ------------- Jesus was a bare-footer............. |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: May-22-2018 at 9:56am
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John, https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=aamco+power+purge&qpvt=aamco+power+purge&view=detail&mid=D6902771888FD88A9EBFD6902771888FD88A9EBF&&FORM=VRDGAR" rel="nofollow - Did you at one time work at one of these franchises? ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: Gary S
Date Posted: May-22-2018 at 10:14am
Back in the mid 80's I took them guy's to court for destroying a VW transaxle. Adjusting for inflation it cost me 8400.00 to replace it. I do not even like driving past those places  ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1711&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970" rel="nofollow - 69 Mustang HM SS 95 Nautique Super Sport |
Posted By: baitkiller
Date Posted: May-22-2018 at 11:18am
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You judging me Pete? ------------- Jesus was a bare-footer............. |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: May-22-2018 at 1:02pm
Not at all John. I like your technique on the fluid change. It reminded me of the old Aamoco commercial hence the You Tube video link. ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: baitkiller
Date Posted: May-22-2018 at 1:38pm
 ------------- Jesus was a bare-footer............. |
Posted By: MrMcD
Date Posted: May-22-2018 at 4:59pm
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If it makes you feel better I will share I was painting at the house last weekend. When done I was cleaning out the brush and roller. I had the roller clean and was running water through it to make sure and it slipped out of my hand. I was cleaning this into a 4" clean out drain I have at the back of my house. It is about a 12x12 pad with the 4" drain in the center. I have used it before for similar cleaning jobs. Now I had a 12" x 3" roller out of reach down this drain and out of sight. I lowered my cel phone down enough to snap a picture. I could see it in the picture it was around a 90 bend and 3 feet out under a concrete pad. I suspected if I left it I would block up the entire house plumbing since this was on the main line. I fished with a 6 foot long wire with a small j hook on the end for about 2 hours before finally getting the damn thing back. It sure made me happy that I decided to clean the roller rather than through it away and buy and new roller for the next coat. I probably saved about $3.50 and wasted over 2 hours time. Good news, the sewer pipe is fine. I will throw the roller away next time. Wrap it still wet in paint in newspaper and toss it. Hope this makes you feel better. ------------- |
Posted By: baitkiller
Date Posted: May-22-2018 at 5:36pm
 ------------- Jesus was a bare-footer............. |
Posted By: Gary S
Date Posted: May-22-2018 at 6:43pm
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I'm sitting here laughing with you Mark. If I tried Johns method, I'd disconnect the line,start the engine,the hose would fall out of the container spraying oil all over then as I go back to get the hose in I'd kick the container over spilling the rest of the oil I'll just siphon it out thanks. ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1711&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970" rel="nofollow - 69 Mustang HM SS 95 Nautique Super Sport |
Posted By: gt40KS
Date Posted: May-22-2018 at 9:32pm
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Ha ha.... good times. At least you didn't loose your cell phone down the pipe while trying to get that picture !! (next time don't throw the roller away if you've got another coat - wrap it a few times with cellophane. Make sure there's no air trapped under the wrap and it'll stay wet for days)  ------------- JCCI 1995 Ski Nautique GT40 |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: May-22-2018 at 9:37pm
Joe, Are you sure about the "Cellophane"? I think you had better do a google and some reading. ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: May-22-2018 at 10:31pm
I'm stickin' up for ya' here Joe Most anybody knows what Joe meant Pete I googled cellophane and here's a blurb from Wikipedia "Branding In the UK and in many other countries, "cellophane" is a registered trademark and the property of Futamura Chemical UK Ltd, based in Wigton, Cumbria, United Kingdom.[8] In the US and some other countries "cellophane" has become genericized, and is often used informally to refer to a wide variety of plastic film products, even those not made of cellulose,[9] such as plastic wrap." |
Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: May-22-2018 at 10:35pm
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For Sailsail It could have been worse, there was that guy that dropped a small screw down his distributor hole a couple years ago and spent 3 hours getting it out. Oh wait, that was you wasn't it?
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Posted By: flyweed
Date Posted: May-26-2018 at 7:06pm
get one of these...this small suction hose in long enough..it'll NEVER fall in. I have this one, and it's been great!  ------------- '93 Ski Nautique NWZ, Air Boom Tower Drink Tonight..for tomorrow We Ride! |