[SEL] E&B help needed

[frank skinner]

Curt ;

I would suspect a crack of some sort in the cage or head area, nearby  

also my Atlas had all valves in cages, the sealing washer / gasket was soft 

{annealed} copper.

 

              Best of luck

        Franklin S. Skinner 
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> From: cgandree at mchsi.com
> To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:28:34 +0000
> Subject: Re: [SEL] E&B help needed
> 
> Hi Tom,
> Good point on copper/asbestos gasket. Where can a get a chunk? The orginal material had been cemented on which created a real job trying to pry it off. Not sure if it had any copper but almost positive some sort of thick asbestos type stuff.
> thanks,
> Curt
> -------------- Original message from Germoamer at aol.com: -------------- 
> 
> 
> > 
> > In a message dated 9/27/2009 10:40:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> > skipl130 at yahoo.com writes: 
> > 
> > on mine, there is a copper & asbestos gasket 
> > 
> > 
> > Sounds like the cages on an Olds engine too which also use a copper gasket. 
> > 
> > 
> > Tom Schmutz 
> > Concord, Va. 
> > germoamer at AOL.com 
> > 
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