I texted the guy and told him I would be down tomorrow to get the van and asked about having everything organized by cylinder. He told me he would see me tomorrow, didn't answer the organization question. I already paid for the van so I'm committed now. As mentioned, he's a long time air cooled guy so I'm thinking he did it as a matter of course but on the off chance he hasn't for some reason kept everything isolated and marked, what is the potential recovery process? Pistons to cylinders seem critical, they should have the arrow for orientation so that is ok. Is the issue the rings taking a set to the cylinder bore over the 60k it was running? Can I do ring gap checks or try to McGyver up a bench compression test to sort this out? I work for a German special machine company so I have access to a Zeiss, a contour tracer and a lot of metrology tools if required. Thanks for list tolerance of the endless string of silly questions. I really want to get this thing on the road but I want to do it correctly, doing everything needed and possible while the engine is out of the van. Joe
-----Original Message----- From: Joe Luther [mailto:jluther@alfons-haar.us] Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 5:45 PM To: 'VWBrain@AOL.COM'; 'vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM' Subject: RE: More questions on lifters etc Thanks for the information. This guy has been doing VW engines for quite a while so I'm hoping he has everything matchmarked. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of Mark Dearing Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 1:24 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: More questions on lifters etc In a message dated 2/5/2011 1:11:16 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET writes: The pistons have to go with the cylinders they were originally with. That is about all that is critical. You should be able to mix and match the rest.
hey ken I have found it pays to keep the lifters matched to their lobe, they tend to wear in a certain pattern seeing as the do rotate.mixing them can cause failure, push rods don't seem to matter as much. pistons and clylinders should also kept together as you stated . later mark dearing salem import service salem va |
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