Kirk;
If I may make one suggestion and not be arrogant. If you would make the screw driver head and the locator hood the same length it would make life a lot easier. Having the screw driver flat inset in the locator hood only makes life difficult in the use of your tool. For those of us with minimal thread engagement it is very difficult to set the tool even outside the engine compartment. If the two were at the same level you would still get the locator hood to engage as you are always down to the depth of the screw slot.
I hope this makes sense to you as I love the tool but found it difficult to utilize even with the engine on the stand as I have minimal thread engagement with new cams and reconditioned rockers. As the flat blade is inset I get very little engagement on the elephant foot screw slot when trying to adjust the valves. If the blade was to be even with the locating hood then you would, or should, always have full engagement of the blade and the adjusting screw.
Again I hope that I am making sense here so that you may improve on a great concept and make the tool even more useful and easier to utilize.
( Possibly the best solution is to have the blade protrude the same length as it is presently inset.)
Best regards
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Gary Kozun
83 911SC Cabriolet
Last edited by mytoy; 10-04-2014 at 08:52 PM..
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