Straw in Cylinder
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OK, it looks like the "straw" is down the cylinder about half way. Does the engine turn over at all? At this point, I'd pull all the plugs, and by hand, rotate the engine to bring that piston up, then go after the straw with the vacuum method,
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Straw in cylinder
I had the same thing happen to me! Had my son hold a mirror and flashlight to look into the spark plug hole, while I manually rotated the engine. The straw came into view, and I grabbed it with a pair of hemostats. Glad you got yours out!!
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Great job, one not in the GM manual! Now before pouring a gallon of gas in the carb and hitting the starter: drain and fill with new oil and change filter. With the plugs out, use the starter to spin the engine. This will pump new clean oil throughout the engine before it actually starts and begins heating the internal components. Spin it several times each time for a little longer, listening all the time for any unusual sounds. If you have the valve covers off you can see the oil coming up the push rods oiling the valves. The spinning will also allow you to check for spark. You can also check the operation of the fuel pump and verify the carb has fuel- and there are NO leaks. If everything looks good, install the spark plugs ,and GOOD LUCK.
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Im just fun poking you a bit we all from time to time jump to post without reading replies,
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