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OK; draft email, wake up, THEN PUSH THE SEND BUTTON!........ Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Weldon" <23.weldon@comcast.net>
To: "drmayf" <drmayf@mayfco.com>; "Ed Van Scoy" <ed@vetteracing.com>
Cc: <RACE427@aol.com>; <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 7:56 AM
Subject: Re: Internal Engine Block Painting
> Another footnote on glyptol------
> For most of the 20th century before I quit Worthington Pump in 1973 to
come
> to California they used red glyptol on all the internal as cast
passageways
> of their cast iron industrial oil pumps. These big gear and piston pumps
> ranged in size from "little" 5 and 10 hp guys all the way up to the 600 hp
> power absorbing chain fender gear pumps once used on the Panama Canal.
> These types of pumps have internal clearances in the same range as we are
> used to in our race engines and need to protect them to maintain their
> pumping efficiency.
> (Yup, it's fun for us "oldtimers" to reminisce about the past "century".
> Adds an aura of ancient wisdom to one who would otherwise be regarded as
an
> old fool)
> Ed Weldon
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "drmayf" <drmayf@mayfco.com>
> To: "Ed Van Scoy" <ed@vetteracing.com>
> Cc: <RACE427@aol.com>; <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 10:05 PM
> Subject: Re: Internal Engine Block Painting
> > Yup, Glyptol. Lifter Valley, crankcase, front timing area on
> > block.Glyptol is slick and promotes oil drainback really well, and as Ed
> > says, will last until the sun goes out. Reasonably messy one single
> > drop can get all over just about everything in your garage if it gets
> > loose, lol (ask me how I know). Eastwood has it.
> > mayf
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