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Old 07-19-2005, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton
Can you elaborate please?

My questions are as follows:

1) If you are turning the crank, and not watching the plunger on the tool, is it possible to rotate the crank right through the small slot on the end of the plunger? I appears that it must be possible to do this because the slot is only about the width of a screwdriver, and not very deep.

So, if I expect the plunger to engage the "V" inside the IP, and stop the crank from rotating, am I kidding myself????

Why isn't the slot on the tool wider and deeper to allow the plunger to make a hard stop on the "V"??
I think the tool was something that just convieniently would work...it was dreamed up after the fact...thats why its timed at 15 degrees VS 24 like the normal way....I read this somewhere and I don't remember where....so you can take it with a grain of salt.
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