[SEL] Orings

Richard Fink Sr rfinksr at verizon.net
Mon May 9 09:47:32 PDT 2011


Tommy many years ago i worked for a bit in a strip mine. The equipment there 
was about all Cat. There were o rings in the transmission of them that was 
coded by color, that took a lot of heat i would say 900 And above.
For what it is worth.
R Fink
PA




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judge Tommy Turner" <lcjudge at scrtc.com>
To: "'The SEL email discussion list'" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Orings


> Curt,
> I stopped by Baraboo Saturday afternoon.  Wow, that's a great
> Swap Meet.  I've heard of a lot of folks using O rings on models but not
> on full size engines.  I would think they might be OK for a hit and miss
> that isn't under a lot, not sure about a throttler that gets hot enough
> to really boil the water.  I'd think the temp inside the cylinder would
> exceed that of the O ring specs.  Just a guess on my part though.
>
> Tommy Turner
> Magnolia, KY
>
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> cgandree at mchsi.com
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>
> While having a great weather day at Baraboo Swap meet on Saturday I had
> talked with a guy who has been replacing the standard metal piston rings
> with rubber Orings in some of his hit-n-miss engines and having great
> success.  I recently replaced the ones in my 1/2 scale R&V model and
> found that it not only works well but the engine starts and runs
> smoother.  Was wondering if any one else on either list have tried this
> idea.  Looking forward to hearing from the groups.
> thanks,
> Curt Andree
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