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Old 24th February 2005 | 22:37
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Milt
 
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oldebloke

How did you know the blow out plugs reached 480 degrees?

Has anyone been close to one when it let go?

And when one does lets go is the rim a throw-away or does maint just screw in a replacement?

And now you have me wondering what the metal composition is - must be some sort of alloy.
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