Wright aircraft engines; complete instructions for their installation, operation and maintenance; (1921)
Wright Aeronautical Corporation, Cautley, John R., ed · Paterson, N.J., Wright aeronautical corporation · leaf 77
nd should make the valvegasoline tight. In fact, five minutes at most should beenough. If the first valve tried cannot be seated so easily, thenchange the setting of the grinding wheel so as to make thevalve seat angle suit that of the cylinder better. Or pos-sibly the trouble may be due to blunt… … WRIGHT AERONAUTICAL ENGINES 55 be as little wider than this as is possible, so that when theengine is overhauled, there will be the maximum allowancefor refacing. A very narrow seat is more easily madetight but warps easily. A very broad seat carries awayheat better, but cuts down the allowance for…
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