> ----------------------
> Question (2)
> Do you know what metal is used for the valve guides
> in todays
> engines.Aircraft engines use to use bronze guides.
> That may have changed
> by now. Curious to know about modern auto engines.
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> Nop, aks Bob Donald, he should know... but they are
> not bronze... and,
> they are NOT the problem, they are hard enough, the
> AMC valve look if it
> was made out of scrap metal... proof! : today i had
> fun for a few
> minutes, i put one hold AMC valve and one hold VW
> valve in a vise,  i
> banged them with a hammer as hard as i could! well,
> what new, i had the
> hardest time to bent the VW one, you wanna see the
> AMC......
>
> I'm sure that we are the only one reading all that
> stuff!!! he he he,

Oh not that's not true!

I am finding this interesting!

Cheers,

Neil Nicholson.
1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.

http://web.mac.com/tubaneil

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