Boy somebody is really making money on a $100 cc kit. I used the one at Joe's Machine Shop on my 882 SBC heads and the burette was a cheezy plastic model, I guess so it wouldn't get broken working around iron parts. The last time I checked a glass burette for chemistry work was about $40 and probably $50 now. If you are worried about the cost of the kit just BORROW a (more accurate) glass burette from a high school chemistry lab and make your own cover plate from hardware store plexiglass. Just drill out a hole about 1/4" diameter in the plexiglass, do the cc-ing and return the burette. I'll bet it is possible to do this for under $10. As far as the sealing goes, any good mechanic should be able to run his/her hands through his/her hair and get enough grease to seal the bottom of the plexiglass?? (Just kidding, I sold the oil rights to my hair to Exxon!)

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder