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Old 08-14-2020, 12:58 PM
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Default Here's an Interesting Tool

I've been gapping plugs for 50 years by using that prongy thing that comes on the end of a little spark plug feeler gauge. Little did I know that I could piss away $109 on a tool that will do it for me. I gotta admit, it's a beautiful tool -- and the listing says it's the last one in stock. Click here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Spark-Plug-...sAAOSwkiVd9rRq

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Old 08-14-2020, 02:54 PM
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It is very pretty. Lol
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Old 08-14-2020, 04:23 PM
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Ohhh - a shiny, new tool. Must resist urge to add one to my already over-stuffed tool chests.
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Pretty tool, but I would expect it to OPEN or close the gap for that price.
I would rather gap my way, and also measure the plug resistance with an ohmmeter before installation. I have seen a few new spark plugs O/C out of the box.
Nothing worse than chasing a misfire after new spark plug installation.
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Old 08-14-2020, 05:52 PM
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Pretty tool, but I would expect it to OPEN or close the gap for that price.
Then you want the Deluxe version. That's an extra C-note.
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Old 08-14-2020, 06:17 PM
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Looks like you can get it directly from K-Motor for $99. https://kmotorperformance.com/produc...plug-gap-tool/
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Old 08-14-2020, 07:07 PM
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Or the triple-deluxe unit ......comes with “zircon encrusted tweezers”
Extra $2.00
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I can't get the drawers closed on my tool box now and here you come with a new tool!
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Or the triple-deluxe unit ......comes with “zircon encrusted tweezers”
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Ain't no cooties on me! (Said dyna moe hum...)
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Looks to me like a little vise that compresses the electrode from the end. But I was taught that wasn't the way to gap a plug, you should bend it from the side so the gap remained parallel. And you still have to insert a feeler gauge? I'd think for that kind of money you should be able to punch in your desired gap and the tool would gap itself.
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Only if I can buy at Harbor Freight for $1.59...
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“Moving to Montana soon, gonna be a dental floss tycoon..”

“ Just me and the pygmy pony, over by the dental floss bush.”
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“Moving to Montana soon, gonna be a dental floss tycoon..”

“ Just me and the pygmy pony, over by the dental floss bush.”
"I stiffened my thumb and applied circular motion on her sugar plum" Frank had a range of music from the hilarious to very complex orchestral pieces. Miss that talent.
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You said a Mouthful Mark IV. "Don't eat the yellow snow..... Right there where the Huskies go".
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