Re: [T3] Chrome or not to chrome? (engine)

["Ron Arnold" <type3@bellsouth.net>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>these where empi chrome tins , they matched my stock perfect and all my
cooling tins where there

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] Chrome or not to chrome? (engine)


> On 26 Oct 2001, at 6:02, Ron Arnold wrote:
>
> > i had stock cooling tins on my 67 bug , it had Scat Nylon pushrod tubes
, i had
> > no problems at all , i put chrome cooling tins on the motor the nylon
push rod
> > tubes melted like a paper bag .. id say there is a big change in the
heat that
> > chrome draws
>
> I'll bet that these were the aftermarket tins, which lack a few very
important
> little welded-on air deflector plates inside them.
>
> Or were they actual OE tin parts which had been chromed?
>
> It's also possible that some of the cooling tin parts had been left off.
There
> are actually a BUNCH of tin pieces, and I'll bet that the places who sell
> chromed parts don't bother to provide everything. So there's always the
> chance that the final user won't like the look of his engine as a
half-and-half,
> so some vital parts are left off. Or some people will throw away all their
old
> parts, order the new parts, and just put them on assuming that what they
> have is complete and correct.
>
> (First rule of repairs: Don't throw away anything until the replacement is
> installed and proven to be working well.)
>
> -
> Jim Adney
> jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, WI 53711-3054
> USA
>
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