2019-07-29 Valve Cover Gasket Test Fixture

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2019-07-29 Valve Cover Gasket Test Fixture

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2019-07-29 Valve Cover Gasket Test Fixture.

So then, got tired of holding newly glued gasket with fingers, flats, etc so built this test fixture.. :bustinlove:

https://candybuttorg.ipage.com/cba/node/760
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Sweet - You win the Reuben S. Goldberg Award for Enginuity today!
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Cool! Did you ever work at a nookie plant?
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wheatonFJR wrote:Cool! Did you ever work at a nookie plant?
He spent most of his time in the barrel.
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wheatonFJR wrote: Tue Jul 30, 2019 4:59 pm Cool! Did you ever work at a nookie plant?
"Nookie Plant" is that anything like a "Nooki Plant"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_b ... _in_Nevada
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