--- TC <trclark@SHAW.CA> wrote:

> > > Thxs for some very good suggestions ...
> > >
> > > Well I think iam gonna get a gotcha stick ....
> > > if that fails a shop vac 1/2" clear plastic tube
> > >
> > > But more as an excercise if I was not able to
> get all the paper towel
> out
> > > & filled with low life oil ran it for 15mins
> > > would I not find the paper towel in bits pcs in
> the oil filter
> > > the oil is under pressure & it has to pass the
> filter b4 going onto any
> > > critial areas
> > > do ya think the oil pump would  choke
> > > or does the oil splash around on the bottom of
> the crankcase & maybe get
> > > chewed up
> > > and sprayed over bearings cranks etc

hey.

if you've haven't run engine, what about filling and
flushing case with engine flushing fluid to "wash"
and/or suspend any bits of rag so when drained, bits
of rag follow flow of fluid to a place where you can
get at them?

I don't recall which engine you have, but is there
enough room (in case of air cooled) to tweezer these
flushed bits out between oil strainer and case?

If a push rod tube could be removed (w/o taking off
head?? ) and flushing fluid sprayed around by "feel"
at sides of case through pushrod tube opening, would
that wash bits o rag toward drain point? i.e. oil
drain opening?

And if it's "paper towel" bits in there, as an
alternative idea, is there some kind of fluid that you
could let sit in case, that would disolve the paper
towel?

Just some tedious crazy thoughts....

Cheers,

Neil Nicholson.
1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.

http://web.mac.com/tubaneil

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