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I have one of these washers (works on 4- and 8-cylinder engines,
too):<br>
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alt="2000-PSI Electric Pressure Washer | Greenworks"
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Yes, I have too much time on my hands today.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/3/2021 1:21 PM,
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I agree with Ira-production shortage-there were more than one
supplier punching out these washers for the British auto industry
using different jigs. Back then they didn't care what the shape
was, but they desperately needed to ship cars to recover from the
war. Mix and match was the order of the day.
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<div>Here is a quote from my article about Austin from BMC Chief
Leonard Lord: After the war, the economy in Britain was also in
ruins. Efforts by the government to improve
it, only added restrictions to automobile manufacturing. It was
a desperate time for Austin,
and Lord decreed: "Get the stuff in by hook or crook...just get
it in." So many materials were
in demand but the scarce supply affected production and profits.</div>
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<div>Hank<br>
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From: "Michael Salter" <michaelsalter@gmail.com><br>
To: "Skip Saunders"<br>
Cc: "healeylist"<br>
Sent: Sunday January 3 2021 12:54:26PM<br>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] 6 cylinder engine detail<br>
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ms', sans-serif;font-size:small;">Good
observation Skip and one that made me go back and look
again
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans
ms', sans-serif;font-size:small;">As you can
see the sides of one of the 2 odd washers (both are the
same) are
absolutely parallel.<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans
ms', sans-serif;font-size:small;">It would
take someone with a lot of skill to shear the sides off
individually to achieve that degree of accuracy on both
washers and
really ... would anyone go to that much effort?<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans
ms', sans-serif;font-size:small;">Additionally
the washers have been punched out, not ground or filed to
size as
is evident from the shear marks on the sides.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans
ms', sans-serif;font-size:small;">I realize
that this is totally insignificant in the scheme of things
but
being a very poor sleeper I tend to stay awake at night
and think
about these things. :-)</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans
ms', sans-serif;font-size:small;">I have found
that there is usually a good explanation for these things
but this
has me stumped.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans
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help me get a good night's sleep.<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at
1:28 PM
Skip Saunders <<a moz-do-not-send="true">tfsbj7@gmail.com</a>>
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<div dir="ltr">Judging by the curvature of the washers,
the five
appear to be of the original manufactured type. The two
appear to be regular washers that have been ground down
to fit in
the narrow channel. Do you see the same disparity among
washers in the oil pan (it too uses those types of
narrow channel
compatible washers I believe.)
<div>Thanks</div>
<div>-skip-</div>
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