<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">The blanking plates are very soft and they will come apart. Photos of my 36,000 mile ’56 100M after the plate blew during a short drive.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Certainly recommend checking the inside of the plate for wear during any rebuild or coolant change. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Randy</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="D815795F-4391-4916-AC89-041E902DE3FB" src="cid:8645691E-E5A2-4493-A0A3-9C512B8F96F5@hsd1.ga.comcast.net." class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="4BB7A573-5ED6-4E41-8F9D-9ED6632D036E" src="cid:69386569-4341-4493-8F1A-A8AD3E020545@hsd1.ga.comcast.net." class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 19, 2020, at 9:05 PM, Patrick & Caroline Quinn <<a href="mailto:p_cquinn@tpg.com.au" class="">p_cquinn@tpg.com.au</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" class=""><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)" class=""><style class=""><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple" class=""><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class="">Hello<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class="">I have been sent a short article about the blanking plate fitted to the front of the 100 engine. Photo attached.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class="">Would anyone know the purpose of the plate? Perhaps in other engine installations the opening it covers serves another purpose?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class="">Thanks<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class="">Patrick Quinn<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class="">Blue Mountains, Australia<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>