I usually get soundly thrashed by the resident "experts" for suggesting it, but soft drink cans make excellent shim material. Beer cans are the same thickness, but for some reason I end up with some sloppy-looking shims when I start emptying cans of Budweiser during an engine build! Dunno why!
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
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