Date:         Fri, 14 Feb 2003 18:13:31 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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Comments: To: Mark Dorm <mark_hb@hotmail.com>
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At 12:59 PM 2/14/2003, Mark Dorm wrote:
>So could you use it for hearing bearing noise? Like when buying a car
>et... I've been to an auction for cars, but never saw any of the dealers
>use one of these...

I used mine to locate a faint little squeak (heard it by chance as I was
leaning over the engine) that eventually turned out to be a camshaft
bearing.  I believe (and I've also read) that the more you use one, and
especially the more you use one on normal engines, the more things wrong
you can hear with one.  There certainly are some remarkable noises inside
that you never hear just listening to the whole thing.  With a bit of
practice you could have someone touch it to things behind your back and
you'd be able to say "alternator -- oil pump -- water pump -- valve gear" etc.

david


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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"