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Squish mesasurement

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 9:21 pm
by Snails
You know what they say about being afraid to ask dumb questions because of the risk of looking a fool, well I kind of feel foolish asking this but here goes anyway:

Reading stickys book on how to read squish it recommends 2mm solder or 1.5mm if you cant find 2mm. Now I have solder but its only about 1.1mm - too thin , or 3mm. My dumb question is can I use the 3mm?

I would just try it but I'm just thinking worse case it might be too strong and cause some damage if I force the piston to compress it and then I'd feel really foolish :D :D

Re: Squish mesasurement

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 10:04 pm
by mick1
get 2 pieces of the 1.1mm and twist them together.......you've now got 2.2mm

Re: Squish mesasurement

Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 6:07 am
by hendy
You won't do any damage with 3mm.

You may just have to rock the crank a few times to get past tdc.