Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 18:49:42 -0400
Reply-To: jeff crane <jeffcrane@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
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From: jeff crane <jeffcrane@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Subject: FW: Cylinder Sleeves Quick Question
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>
> In a message dated 4/18/00 7:47:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> bostneng@FCL-US.NET writes:
>
> << they also need to
> be washed out to remove the bits of cylinder before the pistons are
> installed
> Bob >>
> You can buy a decent stone hone for not too much money at your
> local flaps.
> Use a variable speed drill with a slow speed. You need to match your
> rotation speed with the "in and out motion" of the hone to get the proper
> crosshatching pattern.
> Use some light oil for honing and then use either Auto Tranny
> Fluid or Marvel
> Mystery Oil (are they the same thing?) to clean out the
> cylinders. You will
> be amazed how much junk is left in the crosshatching when you wipe out the
> cylinder with a rag.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Ken Wilford
Please note this individual that began this dialog was asking if he needed
to hone his cylinders in view of the fact that he saw "cross hatching" in
the cylinder walls. Note also he said he was not replacing the rings. My
reply simply addressed the probablity that the pattern he saw in his
cylinder walls was in fact the original hone marks from the engine
assembly, whether factory or rebuild. If this is the case then he should
not be alarmed what so ever. Please go back and read what he wrote, and
what I posted to this list. If he wanted a technical analysis of how to
properly go about repairing the ring/cylinder wall surface then that is
another question entirely.
I don't think a guy that was not sure about what he even saw in his
cylinders should go tearing into it anyway. Not unless it is something that
doesn't really matter if it won't run for him. He could easily end up down
for weeks.
The man simply asked about what he saw. I simply addressed the question
asked. It would be very sad if he spent good hard earned money to rebuild
cylinders that are simply cross hatched and in good shape.
I merely tried to help him determine what he had, as well as address the
very basic concepts of why it looks whatever given way I might look to his
eye.
Jeff/Florida
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