[Shop-talk] "AIRCRAFT TOOL SUPPLY" Catalog

[Elton E. (Tony) Clark]

*****Back to the original message:*
*Did anyone else have a problem with tappet settings of .060",  .080" and
.200"????????????*
*Tony*
*PS: I open arcraft-tool.com every week or so and neither Norton nor AVG has
ever alerted me.*


On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 7:36 PM, Elton E. (Tony) Clark <eltonclark at gmail.com
> wrote:

> *New catalog came today . . they have some really  neat tools . .
> www.aircraft-tool.com  . . . I'm not that much into aircraft;  I just like
> their tools.  What caught my attention is a listing for "valve tappet
> clearance gauges" . . They look like a double ended single-blade feeler
> gauge . . they're a bit pricey like all aircraft tools . . $56 and $75
> respectfully for "Lycoming" and "Continental" . . what blew my mind was the
> specification:*
> **
> *Lycoming:  .080" and .028"*
> *Continental: .060" and .200"*
> **
> *WHAT THE F----?*
> **
> *Tony (who raced his formula vee tappets at .002" for years)*