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[kawpaul]

Originally Posted by StarGate

Stop being so cheap and go buy one of the good sets.

Would the zero guage be for setting hydraulic actutated valves?


I am thinking it still may be a valve issue since he said he tried to clean the carbon as best he could. If it was that apparent then the head should have been disassembled and clean thoroughly. I have a wire wheel on one side of my bench grinder I use for things like that but in times past I have chucked the valve in a drill and used a dull knife to scrape off the carbon. I also use a drill to touch up the valve seats by applying a little valve grinding compound on the valve face and seat and spin it in the head with the drill. I do this any time I take any valves out of a head. I had an old ford pinto that had a leaking valve that I fixed that way years ago.

[RichLockyer]

Originally Posted by northernman

I meant the feeler gauge.

My set does not even have a 0, forget a less than zero.

You've got a 0, it's right next to the .001, you just haven't noticed it.

[kawpaul]

Originally Posted by RichLockyer

You've got a 0, it's right next to the .001, you just haven't noticed it.

I see what you did there.

[northernman]

Originally Posted by RichLockyer

You've got a 0, it's right next to the .001, you just haven't noticed it.

Sorry Rich, as I age my eyes are getting weaker.
I was so thin I just could not see it before, but with the magnifying glass, I can see it now.

[Grudev]

hehe what's going on!? (interrobang, i like that exclamation)

[northernman]

So I called my snap on dealer, wow them zero and negative thickness feeeler gauges are pricey.
He said its because they are a specialty item, and he only sells a few sets a year.