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Feeler strips

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matthewmosse:
I bought a set of cheap draper ones that are meant to fold into their case, but have simply bent the relevant ones to suit and leave them stuck out a bit ( appart from my dad helpfully streightened them and told me I need to store them more carefully as they had got bent in the drawer, doh! ) you can just unscrew the top bolt to loose the things off if you want individual gauges seperated.

peterengland:
Mr Moose you are probably right there, having the whole lot of 'em in your hand trying to get the 1 inch strip down into the tappet clearance is a nightmare! I used to work in a garage back in the 70's and we had 1ft long individual strips, sooooo much easier!

Bryanj:
Would that be for Vauxhaul vivas by any chance? you had to adjust those with the engine runnining which foobarred the feelers

mike the bike:
MatthewMosse has the right idea.  If you don't separate them, the weight pulls them out of the gap you're trying to measure.

Tip of the day.
Get a decking screw from B&Q with a 3mm square drive.  Cut the threaded part off,  you only need the head.  Fix the head to a screwdriver or something.   You now have an ideal tool for adjusting tappets.

peterengland:
Yeah Opels and vauxhalls, all adjusted with engine running, so easy man!

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