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Re: Clikadjust micrometer tappet adjustment tool

To: spridgets@autox.team.net, dougi@home.com
Subject: Re: Clikadjust micrometer tappet adjustment tool
From: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 09:32:34 -0800 (PST)
Reply-to: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
Doug,

You're not the only one ;-)

I usually have to readjust at least 2-4 times before I feel OK about my 
settings. I have thought about buying one of tools for quite a while now, but I 
never seem to get a round to it.

 - Bryan
 
>To: "Spridget List" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Clikadjust micrometer tappet adjustment tool
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>Does anyone have experience with the "Clikadjust Micrometer Tappet
>Adjustment" tool? It appears to be an option for those like me who have
>'valve adjustment syndrome'.
>
>Why is it that I'm never confident on the degree of tightness of the feeler
>gauge? And why is it that tightening the lock nut always seems to change the
>clearance? (These are rhetorical questions only, no answers expected.)
>
>However, any feedback on the gadget would be appreciated.
>
>Doug Ingram
>Victoria BC
>1958 Sprite  (AN5L/636)
>1963 Sprite Mk II project (HAN7L/30003)
>


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