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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
It was re: attempts to make alum cyls work i.e. with nikacyl (sp?) and whatnot. They sorta work, but try to bore/hone/do anything with them. Not user friendly like iron.
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Frank , agreed. User friendly they are not.
I think it is like a lot of stuff these days.
When it works it works well and is reliable but when it fails it is not repairable and has to be replaced.
Many cars have that now with fuel pumps.
When they fail they are replaced and there are not "user serviceable part inside" as the warning label suggests.
The costs of labour also plays a part here too.
When it is cheaper to throw it away and buy a new one than to spend time tracking the fault and repairing it then that is exactly what happens.
The other side is "mechanics" now can't trace faults or repair things simply because no one is there to tell them how it is done and most people won't pay someone to do it anyway.
Pete.