 Piece of hard plastic between no. 2 cilinder and engine tin, How can I best remove it? |
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| Marcel Aircooled |
 Aug 28 2025, 12:58 PM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 48 Joined: 28-April 24 From: The Netherlands Member No.: 28,087 Region Association: Europe  |
When checking my spark plugs I found a loose piece of hard plastic inbetween the no. 2 cilinder and the engine tin. It turns out to be one of the alternator inspection covers. I have no idea how it got there and unfortunately it is just too big to fit through the spark plug hole in the engine tin so I cannot get it out of there. I found the plastic piece a year ago and only just recently found out it is one of the inspection covers and it does not seem to do any harm where it is now but it just bugs me knowing it is there. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get it out from under the engine tin without removing the engine? Would it be easy to remove the engine tin only where the plastic piece is located? Or any suggestions how to break or bend the plastic piece?
Here's a picture (sorry for the poor quality) of the piece seen through the spark plug hole  This is an example picture of the part I am talking about  |
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| IronHillRestorations |
Aug 28 2025, 02:41 PM
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I. I. R. C. Group: Members Posts: 6,857 Joined: 18-March 03 From: West TN Member No.: 439 Region Association: None 
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It’s the plug for the access holes for the alternator adjustment.
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Marcel Aircooled Piece of hard plastic between no. 2 cilinder and engine tin Aug 28 2025, 12:58 PM
infraredcalvin Can you actually grab ut? I’d use one of those ... Aug 28 2025, 02:19 PM Marcel Aircooled Thanks Pat. I can grab it with a pair of pliers bu... Aug 28 2025, 02:30 PM
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It’s the plug for the access holes for the alte... Aug 28 2025, 11:29 PM Root_Werks That's a tough one, probably too large to pull... Aug 28 2025, 03:38 PM Marcel Aircooled
That's a tough one, probably too large to pul... Aug 28 2025, 11:31 PM Jack Standz You can undo the fasteners for the tin and grab ho... Aug 28 2025, 03:53 PM Marcel Aircooled
You can undo the fasteners for the tin and grab h... Aug 28 2025, 11:35 PM rjames It's plastic and light. You could proably get ... Aug 28 2025, 04:22 PM Marcel Aircooled
It's plastic and light. You could proably get... Aug 28 2025, 11:39 PM Dave_Darling The worst thing it is doing is very slightly affec... Aug 29 2025, 12:58 AM |
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