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Date:         Sun, 23 Mar 2003 12:45:08 -0800
Reply-To:     Tom Young <tomyoung1@ATTBI.COM>
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From:         Tom Young <tomyoung1@ATTBI.COM>
Subject:      Lapping cylinders to heads?
Comments: To: type2@type2.com
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Hi all:


I know I've heard mention of lapping the cylinders into the heads they're
going to "live" in as part of the engine rebuilding/assembly process.  I
even thought I remember Bob Hoover mentioning it in his Sermons, though I
can't seem to find any reference to that process there.


Anyway, does anybody have any strong opinions pro or con about this process?
I take it it's simply a matter of putting a small amount of valve lapping
compound on the top of the cylinder and then gently rotating the cylinder
back and forth in its head?


TIA.
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Tom Young                       '81 Vanagon
Lafayette, CA 94549         '82 Westfalia
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