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On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 20:39 -0700, Dave Sanderson wrote: > Hi > > So the machinist who was going to line bore the case called and said > that the #2 and 3 saddles do not close up when he bolted and torque > the case halves together before line boring. It was his view that the > case is not usable. He thought that maybe Rimco had a solution but > figured that was a more expensive route than simply getting a new > case. Is this a typical problem with these cases? Do we just through > them away and look for another? > If the case won't come together when torqued, than that case has been very hot at some time. I would not reuse it. It can be remachined, but the only one I have see do this successfully was VW themselves on their rebuilt engines. They do make nice bonfires on the 4th of July, but then you are in Canada :) -- russw <russw@classicvw.org> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~