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Re: tool hunting

To: "mcgibney" <mcgibney@attcanada.ca>, "Triumphs Mailing List" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: tool hunting
From: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 21:57:21 -0500
>Hope you have good fortune to find someone with a bore-gauge. If not:
>
>a) there is one up on e-bay (Item # 1654424015 -nfi)
>b) find an inexpensive inside mic set
>c) get yerself a set of snap guages and a 2-3" mic (my solution - cost ~$25
>on ebay)

"T" gauges and inside micrometers measure only two points, or a simple
diameter. If you have three-lobe or five-lobe out-of-roundness, you can miss
it using these tools.

Phil Ethier    Saint Paul  Minnesota  USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
LOON, MAC   pethier@isd.net     http://www.mnautox.com/

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