Marc: Thanks for this. Last night, I did go onto The Samba looking for P&Cs, but somehow I overlooked this ad. Incredible that the Chinese are also into ACVW parts. They already completely dominate the machine tool area. Jack
>There are less-expensive piston/cyl sets around. >Sometimes you find a deal on some N.O.S. at theSamba >(or perhaps just a couple of cylinders to replace your >two worst ones); the Chinese-made AA are surprisingly >good too: >http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=352126 > >--- marc vellat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> A few minor scratches aren't cause for alarm, but >> those big enough to catch a fingernail on and/or >> running the full length of the ring travel should be >> avoided. If you MUST use them, try to arrange the >> cylinders so the worst scratches aren't towards the >> bottom. >> >> --- Jack Dinan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Bill: I called the shop and they said, "If we >> honed >> > them, they are >> > good enough." Also, this shop is an hour's drive >> > from me. So this is >> > a dead end. >> > >> > I just now searched the web for cylinder honing. I >> > found lots of >> > comments that say honing at home is never a >> > substitute for machine >> > honing. So I won't be attempting the job myself. >> > >> > >I can't afford the $180 for new Ps & Cs, so I >> plan >> > to use mine and hope. >> > >> > Thanks for your comments. >> > jack > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Be a better friend, newshound, and >know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. >http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > >_______________________________________________ >vintagvw site list >[email protected] >http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
