Aluminum Head Thread

[Chris Attias <cattias@cats.ucsc.edu>]

At 3:51 PM -0600 5/24/2000, Max Heim wrote:
>Well, I would guess that aluminum shavings would burn up in short order.
>But don't take my word for it!

Or they could get stuck on the valve seats...I had no compression in 
several cylinders after having some thread inserts put in--looked 
clean, installed the head, and it immediately caught a number of 
aluminum bits.  Had to take the head off and lap the valves.

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Chris Attias
'64 MGB
'84 Alfa Romeo GTV-6