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Re: [t3] missing cooling tin


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On Mar 2, 2005, at 20:25, Jim Showker wrote:
The guys at Rimco explained to me that a case has to be line bored, cause
the bearings are no longer lined up after 100k miles, and they're worn, so
it doesn't matter.

There's actually a different school of thought (which I happen to adhere to... ;) as far as align-boring is concerned.


One of those classic books, I believe it's Fishers "How to Hot Rod Volkswagen engines" (don't have it here right now, so I can't verify), mentions that according to Volkswagen the magnesium-based crancases are considered "non-rebuildable", end of story. If you have crankshaft bores out of alignment then align-boring will not bring much more than temporary relief.

Hey, thanks for making me look into Wilson's "Rebuilding your aircooled VW" to find the source for the align-boring opinion - I love that book :) Too bad he *does* seem to think align-boring is a good procedure...

jens

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