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> History lesson on SSI exchangers please
GaroldShaffer
post Jun 27 2006, 08:43 PM
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So I have a few pair of SSI exchangers stashed away and no they are not for sale (yet (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) ) I would like to know the history of the SSI exchangers. I know there are 1.7 / 1.8 style and 2.0. Some are completely Stainless Steel while others the flanges are not SS. So was there more than one source of these. How long were they in production and when?

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post Jun 29 2006, 10:24 AM
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You will be hard pressed to locate a set of SSI HE's with the steel flanges. Most have rotted away (the steel portion) and were replaced.

They rock.

If we could track some of the parts designed/made for the 914 over the last 36 years. I think you would find that the SSI's outsold all other products ever made for the 914.


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post Jun 29 2006, 11:14 AM
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QUOTE(Brad Roberts @ Jun 29 2006, 12:24 PM) *

You will be hard pressed to locate a set of SSI HE's with the steel flanges. Most have rotted away (the steel portion) and were replaced.

They rock.

If we could track some of the parts designed/made for the 914 over the last 36 years. I think you would find that the SSI's outsold all other products ever made for the 914.


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I have a set with steel flanges. Bought used, and did not know to ask if the flanges were steel. I had to grind away a lot of the steel to get down to metal so the gaskets would seal. Carbon steel welded to stainless does not last long, so I'm surprised my flanges exist at all.
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itsa914   History lesson on SSI exchangers please   Jun 27 2006, 08:43 PM
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