1978 GS1000: what's this thing in my cylinder head?

[superawesome]

Hi all,

I pulled my carbs to do a full rebuild, but I had some plastic parts breaking off the carb boots.
To check if anything fell into the intake I borrowed an inspection camera to look into it.

There is something which looks like a metal clip (?) on the picture above the valve. Doesn't look like it belongs there...
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Anybody have an idea what it could be?

Thanks
Jürgen

[superawesome]

another picture (which does not show the "thing" but to give a better idea of what is actually shown)
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[fastbysuzuki]

No idea what it is but should not be there can you not fish it out with a stiffish wire which a blob of grease on the end whilst using the camera?

[Agemax]

get a vacuum cleaner in there and suck it out.

[roeme]

Wtf? No one recognizes a spark plug anymore?

Jürgen, übertriebs nöd

[Agemax]

Wtf? No one recognizes a spark plug anymore?

Haha,now you said that it is so obvious.

[superawesome]

Wtf? No one recognizes a spark plug anymore?

Haha, merci roeme! case closed...

[mvalenti]

never saw a spark pug on that side of a valve.

[chuck hahn]

The vale is open and the camera is looking through the crack..seeing the end of the plug.

[Downs]

I immediately thought spark plug when I saw the first picture. SEcond pic is just a closed valve.

[superawesome]

Chuck, you nailed it. I found it hard to maneuver the camera in there, and I never thought about how it looked from the inside...

I might take a better picture tomorrow, with the spark plug removed (playing with the camera before I gotta return it). Maybe that gives a better idea on the condition of the valves.
Thanks everybody - learning something new here every day!

[mvalenti]

Dammit I see it now...

you have won this round Hahn....... well played..


HAAAAAAAAAAAHN!

[greg78gs750]

lolz, MY GOD SOMETHING IS F@#CKE.....oh, nvm.....