Are you the Dana that makes it?


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Posted by chriscase on Tuesday, November 29, 2005 at 6:02PM :

In Reply to: Re: Plastigage posted by Dana on Tuesday, November 29, 2005 at 3:46PM :

I have a friend who is a retired Dana executive. He tells me that all the plastigauge in the world is made by one woman on a machine that would fit in his garage. How he'd love to own it and it's rights.

New parts are all round. I always mic everything,to make sure the crank grinder didn't F/U somewhere. Then Plastigauge one rod, and one main to verify the correct match of parts. I've never had to re-re-build one.

Used parts are a different subject. Again, I would mic everything, only now in several axis (axum?). If you find anything out of round, it needs grinding. Unless it is your lawn mower, or my clunker. From my own experience, if it was knocking, it needs grinding. Not knocking, MAYBE you can polish it and replace bearings, on a Ring and Valve. Or even do a Mexican Overhaul, put in .001 undersize bearings in only the top of the rods, that'll tighten it up the cheapest possible way. Or so my friends told me, I wouldn't know...honest. Send me a personal email if you need to know about beer can shim stock, I'd hate for people to think I'm that kind of jack-leg mechanic, even if I am.

Mics are cheap in pawn shops or eBay, a 1-2 and a 2-3 could probably be had for $20 each. For bores you need a snap gauge and 3-4 and 4-5 mics. Or use some looong feeler gauge. And, a 0-1 for mic-ing beercan shim stock....



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