Vanagon EuroVan
Previous (more recent) messageNext (less recent) messagePrevious (more recent) in topicNext (less recent) in topicPrevious (more recent) by same authorNext (less recent) by same authorPrevious page (January 2004, week 3)Back to main VANAGON pageJoin or leave VANAGON (or change settings)ReplyPost a new messageSearchProportional fontNon-proportional font
Date:         Wed, 21 Jan 2004 16:42:22 -0800
Reply-To:     zolo <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         zolo <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
Subject:      Re: cylinder hone question
Comments: To: John Rodgers <jh_rodgers@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

It it is bored and honed to the next size, obviously you would have the next size pistons. If you go to that kind of trouble, you would take the heads in for redoing them with new guides and recut the seats and grind the valves. After all, the heads are the ones that seal the power. Zoltan ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Rodgers" <jh_rodgers@BELLSOUTH.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 3:42 PM Subject: Re: cylinder hone question

> Ideally, the cylinders should be bored to remove the shoulder, then > should be honed to give it a new cross-hatch. Before all that is done, > the cylinder should be miked to see if they are going to be in spec > after all that work. > > Regards, > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver > > > > Scott W. wrote: > > > I am in the process of rebuilding a 1.9L, and am just > >about ready to clean up the pistons and hone the > >cylinders. So my question would be-is there anything > >specific I am going for here, or is a person just > >doing this to give the rings fresh wall to scrape? I > >can see the old hone at the top and bottom of the > >barrels where the rings never passed over, so am I > >just trying to ruff up the cylinder walls or what? > >Thanks > >Scott W. > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes > >http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus > > > > > >


Back to: Top of message | Previous page | Main VANAGON page

Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!


Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com


The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.

Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.