Well, between the Haynes manual and the Moss catalog, somebody's wrong, but not me. My 1979 Midget has a brass housing for the brake failure warning switch. The Moss catalog thinks that brass was for
throw the old copper washer on a cookie sheet and bake it at 400 plus degrees in the oven for a while it will aneal it and you can use it over. let it air cool . do not rush it with water or oil! but
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Which brings me to a long unanswered question... If you did the above procedure with a piece of steel, that would anneal it properly. (soften it) However, some sources say that for copper, you want t
Here's what I know: on an aircraft engine, the sparkplug washers are copper. Every time you replace a plug, you have to use a new copper washer, OR hang them all up on a wire, heat them with a torch
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hang them think This is the preferred procedure for copper aircraft spark plug washers, however, immediate quenching in water is recommended. Heating to cherry red allows washer to return to its ori
I stand corrected. Jim is right: heat copper washers and quench in water. in which a metal is softened so it loses some of its hardness and brittleness. Steel is annealed by heating it to a specified
Aircraft and Powerplant mechanic. The "certificate" issued by the FAA certifying that you know how to do their paper work, not necessarily that you know anything about engines. I'm one. I know. yuk-y
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