Greetings and Salutations....

On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:25:32 +1000, "Tom Miller"
wrote:

I suspect its a single head for a 2 stroke an industrial diesel engine.
They usually have one head per cylinder and poppet valves only on the
exhaust. The inlet valves are ports on the cylinder. It may be off a GM
engine like the old 6-71 tank engine but I don't think they had 4 valves in
the head. Its been a long time since I saw one.


Tom


Well I sent the link along to a friend whose business
is remanufacturing diesel engine heads, etc. It is his considered
opinion that it is off a Volvo engine...
The copper sleave in the center of the valves would be for the
fuel injector, and, was one thing that made me suspect it is not
a compressor head. Copper is REALLY bad for use in compressors,
as it work hardens and cracks really quickly.
Regards
Dave Mundt