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Default Newbie rebuilding small engine. Is this normal?

On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:25:07 -0800, the infamous Winston
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Larry Jaques wrote:
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Unless there's a really bad parallax error there, I read 0.0015", too.
What are you saying, Winnie? There's no way to misinterpret the 0.001
and 0.0015" marks. The line between them is pencilmark thin. 'Sprain,
preese.


You are absolutely right. I had my keyboard on and brain off.
Somehow, I figured the width of the squashed plastigage would be directly,
not inversely proportional to clearance. My Bad!


polishes fingernails on chest I don't have a Dana Corporation
Doctor of Motors Student Citation for nothing.

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