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Re: Clikadjust micrometer tappet adjustment tool

To: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>
Subject: Re: Clikadjust micrometer tappet adjustment tool
From: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 10:27:34 -0800
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net, dougi@home.com
References: <199912161732.JAA12459@shorter.eng.sun.com>
Reply-to: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
I bought one, but my car is not finished, so I don't even know how to use it or 
how
well it works yet.  Anyone want to come over and try it on their valves?  At 
least
I'd get to learn how this cantraption works.
Mike Maclean-60 Sprite

Bryan Vandiver wrote:

> 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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