Maybe it was in a circus wagon Dwight E. Giles Jr. Wickford RI
On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 5:23 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Maybe, or she ran it thru a popcorn factory > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 13, 2018, at 4:00 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Did you lend it to Regina? ...and she drove it behind someone who tossed > popcorn (popped or unpopped) out the window?...and it got sucked into the > air intake? > > > > That's my theory and I'm sticking to it. > > > > Greg > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Curley McLain via Mercedes > > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 1:38 PM > > To: Mercedes Discussion List > > Cc: Curley McLain > > Subject: [MBZ] M116 Popcorn > > > > OK Youse Guyz with M116/M117 experience: > > > > Today I got back to that M116 that is not stuck, but won't turn over > completely on 2 pistons TDC. It turns about 330-345 degrees. > > > > I cranked up the BIG compressor and blew air in the 2 offending holes, > (plugs out). Out of the one on the left bank pops...... > > > > ....Wait for it! ....... > > > > . ...... > > > > POPCORN! > > > > Yep, yellow popcorn kernels. Coming out of the 3rd hold back on the > > left bank. > > > > The plugs and plug wires did not appear to be disturbed. The > distributor was out, presumably broken/bent in the collision, or possibly > robbed shortly after the accident. > > > > HOW COULD POPCORN GET IN THE CYL IF THE PLUGS WERE NOT DISTURBED????? > > > > Presumably the only other way was through the open intake valve. The > spring loaded "valve" on the top of the engine (where the air cleaner > covers the intake) was in place, and there did not appear to be any popcorn > there. I will start to pull the stuff off the top of the engine tomorrow, > to see if I find any other clues. > > > > When I cleaned the engine outsides, there was no popcorn evident. > > > > Is there something in the engine valley under the fuel distributor that > meeses can chew through to store popcorn in the engine? > > > > The big air horn appears to be intact. the air hoses appear to be > intact. (in all cases, as far as I can see with the top of the engine > > assembled.) > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
