[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by Flakmann

Intersting stuff guys, Retlaw remembering the derelict engine test sheds suggests at least final assembly and dispatch from Clayton.

A Hercules sleeve seizing problem caused by very slightly out of round sleeves was solved by Clayton engineers. I don`t know what we are talking about here; a thou? a tength of a thou? ; but that suggeste the sleeves were made at Clayton. Anybody know more about that?

I doubt that sleeves would be made at Clayton, they are a specsilist product as are piston rings, if you've ever been inside an engine you will see that a piston is very sloppy in the bore, tha difference is made up by the piston rings, usually 3 or more, which bed themselves in and become hardened, a metal called meehanite is involved.