Lost battery terminal nut somewhere on bike

[storm 64]

How many days has it been? It's probably hanging out with the missing sock. ☺

[sedelen]

I've always taking steps to keep from losing or dropping parts when working on a bike. Prior to disassembling anything, I always swept the garage floor. That way if I dropped something, I could lay a flashlight on the floor and it would cast a shadow from the part, usually. But there are those times when my best efforts failed. There is a itty bitty spring in that clutch safety switch, and yep it went sailing. I spent well over an hour looking for it, no where to be found. It just disappeared, what a drag, all that time wasted looking for it when I could be making progress. And then I spotted it, laying on top of the engine crankcase in plain view, luckily for me. Whenever I changed plugs, I always made sure there wasn't anything lying around the base of the plug that would fall into the cylinder when I removed the plug, don't know how many small rocks I've pulled, or a small shock damper that fit between the cooling fins that dropped out. Whenever I finished a job, I made sure I had accounted for all my tools. Don't need anything shorting out the electrical works, or getting jammed in between the sprocket and chain. In the case of that spring, follow Chuck Hahn's advice, put a plastic bag around it so it can't get too far away.

[AMK]

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Speaking of spark plug holes. I was adjusting my valves and the engine locked up while turning it over. It took me about an hour to fish my tweezers out of #1 after i figured out why it was stopping.

[BigD_83]

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Speaking of spark plug holes. I was adjusting my valves and the engine locked up while turning it over. It took me about an hour to fish my tweezers out of #1 after i figured out why it was stopping.

That's why it is a good idea to stuff a shop rag in the hole