Plasti-gage OUT OF PRODUCTION
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Plasti-gage OUT OF PRODUCTION
I like to double check my measurements with Plasti-gauge... I just went to the parts store to pick some up, and they said Sealed Power quit making it 6 months ago, and I got the last strip they had!
I know a lot of people like to poke fun at it, but I do find it useful. Kind of shocked that it has been discontinued.
I know a lot of people like to poke fun at it, but I do find it useful. Kind of shocked that it has been discontinued.
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Perhaps Sealed Power No longer manufactures plastigage? BUT
Perhaps Mahle Clevite does?
FWIW, Fall 2018 Sealed Power and most of its brethren were acquired by Tenneco.
Perhaps Mahle Clevite does?
FWIW, Fall 2018 Sealed Power and most of its brethren were acquired by Tenneco.
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https://www.trademarkbank.com/trademarks/85698568
Another company PLASTGAUGE (note different spelling) w/ UK HQ offers similar products
https://www.plastigaugeusa.com/
Another company PLASTGAUGE (note different spelling) w/ UK HQ offers similar products
https://www.plastigaugeusa.com/
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I'm gonna put mine on ebay, collectors item! I always use it as a double check and I really don't care if anyone wants to make fun of it. Only takes a few minutes, keeps my measurements honest. I have never "caught anything" by doing it, but I was taught the "mike AND plastigauge as a backup" routine by the guy that first taught me when I was a teenager, been doing it that way for forty+ years now, and haven't found any reason to stop. I also still use a snap gauge and mike instead of a dial bore gauge, kind of old fashioned I guess.
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Buy it online. I prerfer to DRIVE also, but... Great time to learn how to use the internet. Summit, Jegs, ect
Even if it IS out of production at the moment, there is lots of supply from several brands.
Even if it IS out of production at the moment, there is lots of supply from several brands.
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oh great, now we gotta hoard Plasti-gage too, just like toilet paper
Use it up
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Just let it die peacefully It will go meet 3/4 race and full race cams somewhere in the race tracks in heaven
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It will make you squeaky clean!!!raynorshine wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 11:22 pm oh great, now we gotta hoard Plasti-gage too, just like toilet paper
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Can't even tell you the few times I messed up on clearances and plasti-gage made me go back and find a problem!My427stang wrote: ↑Sat Mar 28, 2020 6:56 pm Just let it die peacefully It will go meet 3/4 race and full race cams somewhere in the race tracks in heaven
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Stockpiling ain't gonna work. Plastigage is a wax thread and dries out from simple age. Using Grampa's left-overs gives a bit different answers than new fresh stuff. Maybe for back-checking street engines....
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Had no problem getting the Mahle clevite green plastigage at my local oreillys a couple weeks ago.
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Yup and it's cheap so I always got fresh
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How do you tell if it's fresh, is it dated or have a use by this date?
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Re: Plasti-gage OUT OF PRODUCTION
couple of google searches yielded that Plastigauge is a registered trademark of Plastigauge Ltd., West Sussex, United Kingdom. Plastigauge was introduced to US retail sales in 1948.[1] And it appears they are still in business in the USA.
https://www.plastigaugeusa.com/
https://www.plastigaugeusa.com/