[SEL] Measuring cylinder taper

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In a message dated 6/5/2005 5:18:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
glenn.karch at gte.net writes:

<< First you put a piston ring just into
 the bottom end of the cylinder and with feeler gauges, measure the ring gap. 
>>


Glenn,

This is a good way to measure taper in a cylinder assuming it is round as the 
ring will average the diameter.  If there is any ovalness to the cylinder, 
then using the ring method will not take that into account.

Tom Schmutz
Concord, Va. USA
Germoamer at aol.com