Engine decking issue(help)

Make sure you get some that's fresh, too. It's cheap, so......

Also, you measure yours differently than I do. I do them one at a time and turn the crank so it's easy to get to and I don't have to stick the paper down between crank throws. Lastly, I don't know that adding the vasoline didn't change your measurements. Might try without it.
Thank you rusty. Yeah i will try with the throws oriented different and without vaseline. I figure i do them all at once to simulate best way of being bolted together. I have another clevite plasiguage but maybe ill go to store to get new one