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Re: vernier equals degrees

To: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Subject: Re: vernier equals degrees
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 13:02:09 -0700
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
References: <9cb589ec.24f5a0ef@aol.com> <37C448A3.82895D50@zianet.com>
My Chilton Foreign Car Repair Manual (circa 1972) says that each click =
one degree.

Joe

"Michael D. Porter" wrote:
> 
> CarlSereda@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > my TR4 manual says regarding the Lucas25D4 distributor that each 'division 
>on
> > the vernier scale' represents 4 degrees of crankshaft angle- but you'll have
> > to 'do the math' on how many clicks that works out to be per division!
> > hope this helps,
> 
> If this arrangement is the same as the Spitfire, and I suspect it is,
> each division is four degrees, and there are four click stops per
> division, so each click is one degree of crankshaft rotation.
> 
> Cheers.

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