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Old 22-04-17, 00:33
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Originally Posted by pauldavies View Post
I will send my spring to a company in Brisbane on Monday as they reckon they can make a stainless replacement, not sure the new pressure of this spring will have any adverse effect but my reasoning would be it will greatly improve the seal at this point.
Hi Paul,
The only thing that lifts the sleeve off its seat against the spring is the screwing down of the radiator cap, to allow steam to escape, so spring rate would not appear to be too critical.

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