shadtree mechanic

[VAMI]

droped a nut down his carb,it will be fine.

[Placecraft Dragstar]

Does this help?
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[GAWnCA]

Why would anyone leave it in the carb in the first place???? :sqeyes:

[HammerDown]

Why would anyone leave it in the carb in the first place???? :sqeyes:
...someone probably told him, it'll just pass right through.

[VAMI]

kinda like kidney stone.ya that does help how do ya do that?

[Kachina26]

droped a nut down his carb,it will be fine.
Damn, how big was the nut?

[Oldsquirt]

Damn, how big was the nut?
Yeah, that was my first thought.
Co-worker of mine many years ago dropped a valve cover bolt into the intake port of a SBC while reassembling after a cam replacement. This was before he installed the intake. Instead of stopping and finding the bolt, he just got another bolt and finished up. Ran for a couple minutes before the bolt entered the chamber and --screech--, the engine came to an abrupt stop. Lucky for this kid it was an older pickup, he had that thing torn back apart in no time. In the end he tried to convince the boss he had dropped the bolt into the top of the head and it had gotten sucked through the PCV valve.:supp: Boss wasn't buying any of that fairy tale......... The only damage was a dent in the piston. Machine shop next door had a replacement in stock. Job was still finished by closing time.

[Moneypitt]

Damn, how big was the nut?
About the same size as the valve that caused that damage. Look at the radius of the damage to the piston. Nuts are not round.......MP
PS where is the head???????...The one missing the valve......

[Widetrack]

A nut on the carb stud and no air cleaner will kill one too!:jawdrop:

[speedymopars]

obviously a defective piston, send it back for a return / replacement :-)
I did that once in my youth, the bolt bounced aroud the chamber before finally stopping the engine 20 miles later...The piston was shall we say "branded" with the bolt. Piston survived ( though not to ever be more than an ashtray), and it bent the wrist pin. I was lucky on that one.
My other friend had a SB chevy that he put a new cam in. He didn't want to wait for me, so he asked his other friend to come over. He was too lazy to turn the engine over so the dots lined up, so he guesimated. He was only 40 degrees off, and there wasn't much that survived.