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Old 10-01-2009, 01:39 PM
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what is the best way to measure how far the piston is down in the hole at tdc. Im getting new headgaskets and im wanting to run a thinner one then the .041 ones I have now.
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Dial indicator. Zero on the deck, slide over to piston.

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thats what I thought. So I do have a magnetic type, and is I set it on the deck and then zero that out and then slide it over
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thats what I thought. So I do have a magnetic type, and is I set it on the deck and then zero that out and then slide it over
you got it.
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