Originally Posted by Civic2Scooby
fuck that I have mine calibrated twice a year.
Cam caps require 7ftlbs
Just go buy a low range inch pound trq wrench and do the conversion. I doubt you will find a ftlbs wrench that goes below 10, but an inch pound trq wrench will easily do the trick.
Mine reads in inch ft-lbs. but I didn't realize they sold 'em in inch pounds... just never seen one.
Good thing I don't do serious engine work
Originally Posted by DakarM
i have three torque wrenches.
1 starts at 1ft/lb
1 starts at 10ft/lb to 120ft/lb
1 starts at 20ft/lb to 250ft/lb
so go buy a new torque wrench that has the appropriate range. also a torque wrench with a range of 10-120 isn't going to be very accurate at either extreme end of the range.
Thanks for the input.
Mine happens to be 10-120 ft-lbs. also after you do the conversion, I've only used it for my thermo switch so far (17ft-lbs.)
Assuming I can avoid having to torque down any of the other 7ft-pounders, the lowest I'll pry use it on is my spark plugs (I'm thinking around 13ft-lbs. if remember correctly) but I suspect the small amount of oil on the threads might cause issues :hsdunno: Normally I hand tighten and then 1/4 turn as manual states, if the torque wrench takes me past that mark, I'll just say screw it