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Fruit Can Thickness?

I never have miked them but it seems like they get thinner every year.Tin cans seem a low thinner now than what they were 40-50 years ago.
 
The thickness can vary depending on what the buyer spec'd and/or what the manufacturer can produce.

Back in the 80's, my Ford Tempo developed a vacuum leak. When I traced it down, it was the end of a thin tomato juice can that had flexed and broken the seam on one end. Ford wanted $36 for a new tomato can; I told them to keep it.

Went to a supermarket, bought a house brand of tomato juice, drilled a hole in the center of one end and drained the juice in a pitcher and flushed out the can. That can was a lot thicker than the one Ford used. I soldered a new fitting in the hole in the end and put the vacuum hose back on. The can was still holding when I sold the car.
 
(quoted from post at 15:31:32 11/06/15) The thickness can vary depending on what the buyer spec'd and/or what the manufacturer can produce.

Back in the 80's, my Ford Tempo developed a vacuum leak. When I traced it down, it was the end of a thin tomato juice can that had flexed and broken the seam on one end. Ford wanted $36 for a new tomato can; I told them to keep it.

Went to a supermarket, bought a house brand of tomato juice, drilled a hole in the center of one end and drained the juice in a pitcher and flushed out the can. That can was a lot thicker than the one Ford used. I soldered a new fitting in the hole in the end and put the vacuum hose back on. The can was still holding when I sold the car.
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Dick, I just made a new can in my sheet metal shop for my Ford Van.

Dusty
 
(quoted from post at 18:10:57 11/06/15) Nothing. Just wondering for an emergency feeler gauge.

Glenn F.
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For a quick bush fix a hose clamp [the portion without the slits] makes a decent feeler guage for setting valves.
Might not be spot on but will be close enough to get you running without being tight enough to hurt anything.
 
I count turns of the screw to set valves, get them snug, and if the screw is 16 TPI that's sixteen turns per inch or 62 1/2 thousandth's per turn, so you adjust 15+ thousandth's per quarter turn, about 0.008" per 1/8 turn. If I need 0.020", it's just about 120 degrees from tight. I resort to this method if I've got a rocker arm with a depression worn into it where the feeler gauge won't fit in the groove. 18 TPI and 24 TPI work similarly, you just need to know the thread count on the tappet.
 
(quoted from post at 18:31:32 11/06/15) The thickness can vary depending on what the buyer spec'd and/or what the manufacturer can produce.

Back in the 80's, my Ford Tempo developed a vacuum leak. When I traced it down, it was the end of a thin tomato juice can that had flexed and broken the seam on one end. Ford wanted $36 for a new tomato can; I told them to keep it.

Went to a supermarket, bought a house brand of tomato juice, drilled a hole in the center of one end and drained the juice in a pitcher and flushed out the can. That can was a lot thicker than the one Ford used. I soldered a new fitting in the hole in the end and put the vacuum hose back on. The can was still holding when I sold the car.
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Please tell me you left the label on....

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
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