These are not dinged up. Will trade for 4 Rolls Royce O-200 valve covers in
similar condition. Just for the hell of it.

In article >,
" jls" > wrote:

> These are not dinged up. Will trade for 4 Rolls Royce O-200 valve covers in
> similar condition. Just for the hell of it.
>
>

I hope that they are not chrome-plated on the inside, as the chrome
there will flake off and get routed through the engine via the oil.

"Orval Fairbairn" > wrote in message
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...
> In article >,
> " jls" > wrote:
>
> > These are not dinged up. Will trade for 4 Rolls Royce O-200 valve
covers in
> > similar condition. Just for the hell of it.
> >
> >
>
> I hope that they are not chrome-plated on the inside, as the chrome
> there will flake off and get routed through the engine via the oil.

Damn, Orval. So THAT'S what happened to that engine.


No, the insides are not chromed.

In article >,
" jls" > wrote:

> "Orval Fairbairn" > wrote in message
> .
> ..
> > In article >,
> > " jls" > wrote:
> >
> > > These are not dinged up. Will trade for 4 Rolls Royce O-200 valve
> covers in
> > > similar condition. Just for the hell of it.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I hope that they are not chrome-plated on the inside, as the chrome
> > there will flake off and get routed through the engine via the oil.
>
> Damn, Orval. So THAT'S what happened to that engine.
>
>
> No, the insides are not chromed.
>
>

Hey, it's been done before!

"Orval Fairbairn" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> " jls" > wrote:
>
> > "Orval Fairbairn" > wrote in
message
> >
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> > ..
> > > In article >,
> > > " jls" > wrote:
> > >
> > > > These are not dinged up. Will trade for 4 Rolls Royce O-200 valve
> > covers in
> > > > similar condition. Just for the hell of it.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > I hope that they are not chrome-plated on the inside, as the chrome
> > > there will flake off and get routed through the engine via the oil.
> >
> > Damn, Orval. So THAT'S what happened to that engine.
> >
> >
> > No, the insides are not chromed.
> >
> >
>
> Hey, it's been done before!

No doubt, Orval. That crazy British vet who restores cars and motorcycles
on the tube (and built a Europa) had a series on restoring an old Harley
knucklehead. If memory serves he showed the plating company chroming the
visible sides of the parts only by coating the other sides with wax before
the electroplating began.

BTW, the Rolls-Royce valve covers was a passing fancy, now abandoned. It
would be a little like the canard of, well, putting Millenium valve covers
on Continental cylinders. (inside joke)

On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 08:35:02 -0500, " jls" >
wrote:


>BTW, the Rolls-Royce valve covers was a passing fancy, now abandoned. It
>would be a little like the canard of, well, putting Millenium valve covers
>on Continental cylinders. (inside joke)
>
>

Well, I just put Continental valve covers on my 6 new ECI Titan
cylinders.

O-ring