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Old 6th Jul 2022, 15:32
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Originally Posted by rickseeman
WOW, what a disaster. I just assumed it would be US. My brother bought a P-51 last week and so you get to thinking about support equipment and special tools you might need and that's why I had to ask. I'm into threads/taps/dies and threading on my lathe. .
The info I quoted will be correct for wartime/original engines - whether it still applies 100% to every Merlin still in use today might be another matter.I am not sure if any of the states based engine specialists might have at least partly re engineered any Merlins ??
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