"LD" wrote in message
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Good point! But, most wet/dry vacs I know of don't mix motor cooling air
with the suction fan/blower. In any case, for safety, drain the bowl(s)
first; make sure your wet/dry vac does not use the vacuum air for motor
cooling. and duct tape a pc of 1/4 or 3/8" OD copper or plastic tube to
the
vac hose or tool so you can go through the plug hole. That is, if you can
still see the tube in the port. On my merc, the intakes are on the
outside,
exhaust on the inside. Like was said, if it's in the exhaust it
definitely
won't be a problem to leave it.
The other option would be to pull the intake manifold/reed block and go at
it from that side. I would think however that, unless you forced it down
the transfer port, it wouldn't make the bend by itself and it should still
be there, rather than in the crank case.
LD
"trainfan1" wrote in message
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Clams Canino wrote:



Or try applying a big vaccum to the hole with that carb wide open and
hope
it gets sucked back up through the intake port.

-W


Don't do this! You really dont want atomized gasoline vapors going
through your shop vac and out it's exhaust!

Rob



Maybe leave the gas in, even add a little extra. The resulting
overpressure, just might blow the straw out.
Bill