Hints & Tips: Valve Adjustment: Difference between revisions
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:or have a long [http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200328301_200328301 magnetic pickup] standing by. | :or have a long [http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200328301_200328301 magnetic pickup] standing by. Alternatively: 1. Don't take the gauge out of your set. 2. Take off the feelers you need and loop zip ties through the holes; if you do happen to drop one, it's not going far. | ||
*Don't drop one of the spark plug gaskets in the engine, either. In the pictures those gaskets just sit there all nice and pretty. They have been known to stick to the valve cover then fall off, or find other ways of getting into the engine. Be careful. | *Don't drop one of the spark plug gaskets in the engine, either. In the pictures those gaskets just sit there all nice and pretty. They have been known to stick to the valve cover then fall off, or find other ways of getting into the engine. Be careful. | ||