From: Rich the Newsgroup Wacko on
On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 08:57:58 -0700, Winfield Hill wrote:

> keith wrote...
>>
>> The specs printed on the engine called for a spark gap
>> of .062". The shop manual called for .035".
>
> Split the difference?

Don't feed the trolls?
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From: John Woodgate on
I read in sci.electronics.design that Jim Thompson
<thegreatone(a)example.com> wrote (in
<c1ufk11lgs453pe14fmcfl6kt7p516k93i(a)4ax.com>) about 'Op Amp
Calculations', on Sat, 8 Oct 2005:

>.062" Gack! I don't think my feeler gauges even go that high ;-)

14 AWG wire or sheet.
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From: John Woodgate on
I read in sci.electronics.design that DaveM <masondg4499(a)comcast99.net>
wrote (in <iqCdnQsTk-JeldXeRVn-ug(a)comcast.com>) about 'Op Amp
Calculations', on Sat, 8 Oct 2005:

>The solid end of the bits are very close tolerance too.. probably
>closer than many feeler gauge sets.

You can use them to measure the diameters of very small holes, too,
which is quite difficult otherwise.
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From: keith on
On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 08:57:58 -0700, Winfield Hill wrote:

> keith wrote...
>>
>> The specs printed on the engine called for a spark gap
>> of .062". The shop manual called for .035".
>
> Split the difference?

..035" was the correct number according to everyone but the tech plate on
the engine. I went with .035" and had no more problems. ...at least
until thetransmission went and it went to scrap-metal heaven.

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Keith

From: keith on
On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 09:48:53 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote:

> On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 11:27:49 -0400, keith <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 18:43:09 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote:
>>
> [snip]
>>>
>>> I learned to drive in a '56 Mercury station wagon, in '56 ;-) The
>>> power steering failed as I was trying to pass "parallel" parking. I
>>> managed to get it in the space anyway ;-)
>>>
> [snip]
>>
>>[*]That car threw the #1 wire once a year. They were a PITA to replace
>>with garages charging up to three hours labor. I got it down to 45min.
>>The last time it happened I figured out why. The specs printed on the
>>engine called for a spark gap of .062". The shop manual called for .035".
>
> .062" Gack! I don't think my feeler gauges even go that high ;-)

Mine did. :-(

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Keith