Re: Engine rebuild advice

[Toby Erkson <Toby_Erkson@ccm.jf.intel.com>]

Sorry Rich, no advice on the engine rebuild, but the adjustment of the 
adjusting stars doesn't sound right.  There should be a strip of metal that 
comes out of the cylinder housing with an indent that fits between the 
spokes of the adjusting stars.  This keeps them from moving and throwing 
the brakes out of adjustment (either too tight or too loose).  If you can 
move them so easily then you should make sure that the metal tab is there 
and push it further in place if necessary.  This will keep the stars from 
moving on their own (like over a bump or pothole).  There should be enough 
resistance so that a screwdriver is needed to make the adjustment -- I fear 
that they may be too loose.

Just an opinion,
     Toby Erkson, air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
     '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L
     '75 Porsche 914 1.8L
     Portland, Oregon, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/8501/

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Subject: Engine rebuild advice
Author:  type-3-errors@umich.edu at SMTPGATE
Date:    11/16/97 12:24 AM
...
The more I look at this car, the more I want to believe that it has only
the indicated 98k miles on it.  The rear brakes were gorgeous when I took
them apart.  The stars move by hand (if you have long fingernails).  The
rust is bad but whose isn't?  Is there any way to tell if the odometer has
rolled over?

Rich