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Subject:Re: cylinder hone question
From:Jonathan Farrugia
Date:Thu, 22 Jan 2004 02:35:58 -0500

Don

i will offer this up since your website is not yet finished at this point.
i have always thought it very shady to deal with any company over the web
or an email list that does not disclose their location.  it screams to me
that they have something to hide.  just my personal 2 cents.

jonathan

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Don Deitke wrote:

> To rebuild a horizontal engine such as Bug ,Bus , Air Cooled Vanagon or Water
> Cooled 2.1 you should  get a  New piston & cylinder kit./ The pistons &
> cylinders have a tendency to wear oblong or egg shaped . what you do is put new
> round rings into 2 egg shaped objects = piston/ cylinder )  It is bad news to do
> so  /  Honing NO  // Dont be foolish do it correctly !!!     I have thousands
> of the horizontal rebuilds under my belt . Over 40 years of VW parts &
> service  ( TAKE MY ADVICE !!!  ) I would also like all the gang to look over our new
> state of the art site  24 / 7 secure online  catalog including Paypal. //
> Check it out and let me know what you all think of it , that means you to Rich.
> //  VW,s Forever //  (www.dvwimportautoparts.com)   any questions or comments
> please email .           Thanks Don at DVW Imports !!!
>

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