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Date:         Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:17:08 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Engine running COLD
Comments: To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com>
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At 06:10 PM 2/21/2011, Karl Wolz wrote: >When vigorously cleaning the pins, be sure to do it gently, as the plastic >tends to be a bit brittle.

A steel brush on a Dremel would be good, or better a fine sandpaper wheel or a rubber abrasive wheel/point, or a strip of fine-ish sandpaper looped around the pin -- easier to be gentle than with Scotch-Brite. Of course new ones aren't expensive.

But it's very likely to be the gauge.

d


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