Need help with unkown metal

[modelbuff]

I am building a two cylinder overhead cam gas engine by Joe Tochtrop. The prints call for Lynite- F.A.O. for a bearing.

Anyone know what this is?

 

[Cogsy]

Lynite is an expired trademark for an alloy, mostly (88-95%) aluminium, with most of the rest being copper. It came in several different compositions, see this link under aluminium alloys for full compositions: http://www.csudh.edu/oliver/chemdata/alloys.htm

Edit to add: I also found this composition for Lynite as a white bearing: A complex white alloy of specific gravity 2.95 and tensile strength 28,000 lbs per square inch. Composition: aluminium 88%, copper 10%, magnesium .25%, iron 1.5%.

 

[Mechanicboy]

Replace lynite with bronze.