In a message dated 03/09/2001 6:12:23 AM Pacific Standard Time,
lsr_man@yahoo.com writes:
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--- ARDUNDOUG@aol.com wrote:
> I had one Buick, a basket case 1910 Model
> 16 Toy-Tonneau, 4 cyl, 4 1/2" X
> 5" 318ci OHV with detachable blind cylinders
> (like an Offie or Novi), an
> aluminum crankcase, roller tappets (as I
> recall), and cam lobes that were
> pinned onto the straight bar-stock cam.
That's an interesting power plant. What is a
detachable blind cylinder?
>>
A detachable blind cylinder has no removable cylinder head. In the old
Buick the valve assembly rode in a removable cage which you took out to grind
the seat. No problems with leaking head gaskets though............Ardun Doug
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