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On Tue, 2002-07-30 at 21:34, Cool43whip@aol.com wrote: > Hi listees. > I have been building a budget 1641 for my square. I picked up a set > of lightly used (1,000 mi) 87 mm pistons and cylinders from a friend. Upon > installation I encountered a problem. > Cylinders 3 + 4 installed fine with the script (on the crown) > upright and the arrow pointing toward the flywheel. Cylinders 1+2 on the > other hand, would have the script upside down if I were to install them with > the arrow pointing toward the flywheel. There is some slight wear marks on > the bottom of the pistons which indicate that this would be an improper > installation, plus I imagine they would "slap" if the offset of the wristpin > were upside down. Apparently I have a mismatch set of pistons, and I haven't > been able to contact the seller. > My question is, is it OK if I install 1+2 rightside up with the arrow > pointing the wrong way? Any input would be more than helpful. > thank you, > coolwhip Go with the arrows, and don't worry about any printing on the pistons. The arrow is for the offset. Don't even thing about pointing the arrows the other direction. The arrows go towards the flywheel (the front of the engine). -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT (It drove) '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/