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| c james |
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hi,, um im doing my head gasket on my ed fairmont, and i was cleaning the top of the block with all the old head gasket s**t and i bumped a rasor blade and it fell down the side of the motor and i assume it went down into the sump. what do i do! if i leave it there do i risk damage to the engine/ crank.... has anybody expirnced droping something onto the sump?
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| Gab1 |
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Drop the K frame and pull the sump off, or fish around with a magnet tool.
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| c james |
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looks like il spend some time tomorrow fishing around in the sump to get it, il be a verrry happy person if i do get it...
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| bry40l |
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good luck, youl need it!
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| c james |
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yeah. i will need some luck on my side... i shouldnt have been up at 2am trying to finish getting all the gasket off half asleep, paying the price now.. bugger.
bry40l wrote: good luck, youl need it!
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| c james |
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ok it just got worse
 the magnet tool broke in the sump aswell! f**k! im not even gonna bother about it for now. going to do my head gasket. put all the timing back on and then i will worry about putting my car on stands and pulling the sump off, grrrr bloody hell. does the k frame have to come off for the sump to come off???
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| chris sieclay |
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dropped a small nut down once, never did anything just stayed on the bottom of the sump, meh if you're worried then yeah get it out. yep drop the frame.. you'll see how the sump comes off when you get under there.
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| c james |
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chris sieclay wrote: dropped a small nut down once, never did anything just stayed on the bottom of the sump, meh if you're worried then yeah get it out. yep drop the frame.. you'll see how the sump comes off when you get under there. yer.. at first with the razor blade i wasnt too worried.. now the magnet is in there somewhere i dont knwo if its stuck on the crank or the bottom of the sump. gr. i might take the sump out and change the gasket coz its leaking anyway. just another job i didnt need! haha.. any words of advice on droping the k frame? ive never done it
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| Gab1 |
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another option is to pull the engine out.
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| c james |
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Gab1 wrote: another option is to pull the engine out. Gab yeah what im thinking is, i might just unbolt the engine mounts and lift the engine with an engine jack. it also describes this way in the manual, and i should get enough clearence wiht the head off and the pivot from the gearbox.. hopefully.
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| TROYMAN |
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providing it went all the way down into the sump, i wouldnt worry about it to much, its not going to go anywhere, the oil pick up has a screen on it, the crank wont touch it..
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| c james |
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TROYMAN wrote: providing it went all the way down into the sump, i wouldnt worry about it to much, its not going to go anywhere, the oil pick up has a screen on it, the crank wont touch it.. so you really think to not bother with it, even with the magnetic piece in there haha.. it should be fine?
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| Benny D |
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yea i wouldnt worry about it.
i dropped a 1/2 inch spanna down my last car into the sump. never had a issue and went for years till i sold it.
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| James84 |
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dont sumps have a magnet in them anyway? or is that just in auto sumps and im just confused?
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| Benny D |
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James84 wrote: dont sumps have a magnet in them anyway? or is that just in auto sumps and im just confused? i wouldnt worry about it. just the oil pan on the gearbox.
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