<VV> engine lid support

[N. Joseph Potts]

Expect your support assembly to tarnish/rust rather quickly if you're in any
proximity to salt or moisture. If you want to know whether it's stainless
(it isn't), apply a magnet to it. If the magnet does not attract, it's
stainless (or brass or nickel or something else unlikely). If it does
attract, then it's almost certainly not stainless.
     If you like polishing stuff in your engine bay and then watching it
re-rust, polish up your fuel lines and the balance tube. They're all the
same stuff.

Joe Potts
Miami, Florida USA
1966 Corsa coupe 140hp 4-speed with A/C

-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-admin@corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-admin@corvair.org]On Behalf Of Marc Sheridan
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 10:17 AM
To: virtualvairs
Subject: Re: <VV> engine lid support


A while back I asked the list if the engine lid support is made out of
stainless steel. Some said no, some said maybe. Whatever it is, it
polished up pretty good. The inner sliding part has a better finish
after the polishing. The outer part had some undercoating over spray on
it that seems to have pitted the metal and it didn't polish out. The
button for the release looks like it is chrome plated.

Thanks to all that replied.

Marc Sheridan