Unfortunately I have the style of dial gauge that has the movable rod sticking out the back of the gauge so I can't try to duplicate your method. Too, the Vanagon engines have pistons with wide dishes in the middle of the piston so any method of measuring deck height always has you working on the edges of the pistons, not near the middle. --------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young '81 Vanagon Lafayette, CA 94549 '82 Westfalia --------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "phil cain" <bearsvw2000@yahoo.com> To: "Dave C. Bolen" <dbolen@shockwaverider.com>; "Tom Young" <tomyoung1@attbi.com> Cc: <type2@type2.com>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 2:35 PM Subject: Re: [T2] Some more on "measuring deck height"
> I use a flat bar with a hole in it to measure deck > height, calaper has a rod that sticks out the bottom > of the scale, measure the thickness of the bar, depth > from top of bar to cyl head, subtract thickness of the > bar and you have deck height in thou's. Phil > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online > http://webhosting.yahoo.com > |
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