From: Rich the Newsgroup Wacko on 8 Oct 2005 14:14 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? -- Thanks! Rich ------ "There was a young Scot in Madrid Who got fifty-five fucks for a quid. When they said, "Are you faint?" He replied, "No, I ain't, But I don't feel as good as I did.""
From: John Woodgate on 8 Oct 2005 14:13 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. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. If everything has been designed, a god designed evolution by natural selection. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk
From: John Woodgate on 8 Oct 2005 14:14 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. -- Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. If everything has been designed, a god designed evolution by natural selection. http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk
From: keith on 8 Oct 2005 16:09 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. -- Keith
From: keith on 8 Oct 2005 16:09
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. :-( -- Keith |