Could have been a sick 'joke' by an engine builder. I would image they
would have been built at Longbridge where they had terrible labour problems
in the late 60s and early 70s. Stories of dropping nuts in the body
cavities (no wax injection then) abounded at the time.
PaulH.
-----Original Message-----
From: Barnhart, Christopher <BarnhartC@ioc.army.mil>
To: Mgs (E-mail) <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: 04 February 1999 18:17
Subject: Odd bits in the Head
>While dismantling the cylinder head of my 69 B the other day I noticed what
>appeared to be a 16p nail in the water jacket on the thermostat housing
>side. I managed to pull it out bit by bit through the water ports. It
>looks like it was about 7 inches long. About 5 inches is 1/8 inch round,
the
>remaining 2 inches are about 1/2 inch round. Appears to be cast iron, as
it
>is pretty brittle. Looks like it was in there for 30 years, too. Seems
to
>be too long to be dropped in there by the PO. I suspect it was used to
hold
>an sand core during the casting process. Any ideas? (Boy, this would
>have been a hard noise to track down)
>
>Chris
>'69B (now with odd bits out of it's 'ead)
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