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set my valves without a feeler gauge any sugestion

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bill5674

Completed the replacement of my head gasket, now stuck at home without a feeler gauge to set my valves correctly, any suggestions to find something .04 thickness??..,


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shiftsuper175607

bill5674 said:
Completed the replacement of my head gasket, now stuck at home without a feeler gauge to set my valves correctly, any suggestions to find something .04 thickness??..,
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Varying number of sheets of foil.
Drink can strip.


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Jkohan

Get a feeler gauge and do the job right. You want to take it to someone the repair and they used folded tin foil ! Sometimes being cheap is not the least expensive.


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SidecarFlip

Jkohan said:
Get a feeler gauge and do the job right. You want to take it to someone the repair and they used folded tin foil ! Sometimes being cheap is not the least expensive.
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+10 on that.


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roger49

Hope that .04 was a typo error because thats 40 thousands they should be set at .004 to .006


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Jayrh

Go buy a feeler gauge. You will have many uses for it. Jay


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John R

roger49 said:
Hope that .04 was a typo error because thats 40 thousands they should be set at .004 to .006
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What he said


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