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Annealing versus tempering

To: british-cars@autox.team.net
Subject: Annealing versus tempering
From: danb@wv.MENTORG.COM (Daniel Boughton)
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 93 11:26:34 -0700
--- Forwarded mail from Bob Lang <LANG@ISIS.MIT.EDU>

Date: 22 Oct 1993 17:06:42 -0500 (EST)
From: Bob Lang <LANG@ISIS.MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: Copper vs. Gasoline

> My $.02 is that if you do use copper that you anneal (sp) it by heating
> it red-hot and then quenching it in cold water. I did this with my TR6
> on the fuel line from the fuel pump to the carbs following the "stock"
> fuel line route. 5 years and around 30K miles and it still works.

Actually, this is not annealing.  Annealing is heating it red hot and
slowly cooling it overnight in heavy ashes.  What you did was to attempt
to temper the copper.

--- End of forwarded mail from Bob Lang <LANG@ISIS.MIT.EDU>



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