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I am the Tool of the Month for April

https://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/threads/76083/i-am-the-tool-of-the-month-for-april

geodon 路

I'll post this just in case someone else is silly enough to do the same thing!

I went to set the tappets on my KG (1600TP), fanned out the feeler guages to locate the one I always use- it's easy to find coz it's bent @ right angles to get in the gap- yep it's got a 6 on it.

Funny! Why is the one in front got an 8 on it & the one after it got a 10? Well shoot! I've been setting them to 9. I read the damn thing upside down!!

Upshot is when reset to 6thou the engine went as quiet as a mouse & on its regular weekly trip of 320km, it only used 23.6 lites of fuel instead of 25.

donn 路

Ha ha and lol couldn't imagine me making that mistake, well not more than twice anyway.馃憤馃槀馃槉

68AutoBug 路

geodon wrote:I'll post this just in case someone else is silly enough to do the same thing!

I went to set the tappets on my KG (1600TP), fanned out the feeler guages to locate the one I always use- it's easy to find coz it's bent @ right angles to get in the gap- yep it's got a 6 on it.

Funny! Why is the one in front got an 8 on it & the one after it got a 10? Well shoot! I've been setting them to 9. I read the damn thing upside down!!

Upshot is when reset to 6thou the engine went as quiet as a mouse & on its regular weekly trip of 320km, it only used 23.6 lites of fuel instead of 25.
Mine has got 007 & 008
and i'm thinking of only carrying the 006 007 & 016 feeler gauges...
I use the 007 to check the 006 isn't too wide...
I have heard of owners doing them to 007 ..

My 006 is also very easy to find...
its also the bent and scratched one...

LEE

Joel 路

i bet the neighbours loved the sound of a sewing machine coming up the road 馃槀

dont worry we all make silly mistakes somewhere along the line

h 路

nice one.. 馃榾

General_Failure 路

At least you didn't get the metric and imperial mixed up *cough*