a real time saver at times

[grumpyvette]

theres almost always times when you really don,t want to disassemble an engine to verify what you suspect is causing a problem,or you want to verify something, well heres a real time saver at times

 

 

http://www.toolrage.com/prodView.asp?sku=SLI-PV618

 

http://www.toolrage.com/prodview.asp?sku=SLI-PV300

 

a tool like this, with its 1/4" lens and cable lets you remove the spark plug and lets you closely inspect the piston and valves at least giving you some better info on the condition in the combustion chamber, its also good once the oil pan plugs been removed to inspect what you suspect to be lower end rotating assembly conditions in many cases.

I bought one and while its not used daily its a great help when you really want to inspect things before dis-assembly, as for example if you want to know if a salvage yard engines a two or four bolt block, without pulling the oil pan

[blue72]

I have one of those Grumpy and I loooove it. Just recently I used it to verify the block numbers on the 454 in my Suburban. The engine and firewall are so close that there was simply no other way to do it unless I pulled the engine back out again.