Hi mark, John Godwin here, Dan's shims look as though they were put on with locktite or something similar. I'm not to sure how to remove them without damaging them. i did see an entry in the great planes book about doing this but I am not sure why. Maybe we should ask Steve Bennett. I did tell Dan that he should just get a Corvair but he is kind of attached to the Bug engine, LOL. Sorry for that one Dan. By the way Dan, that is some beautiful workmanship on the KR.
> [Original Message] > From: Mark Langford <n5...@hiwaay.net> > To: KRnet <kr...@mylist.net> > Date: 7/30/2006 8:43:01 AM > Subject: Re: KR> Re: barrel shims > > > Mark L. may be able to help out here, as he actually swung off spanners in > a > > VW workshop IIRC some time ago. > > I've never seen one stuck before that a little cajoling with a gasket > scraper wouldn't loosen up. Yours are apparently glued on with something, > so I'd ask the clown that glued them on what it takes to get them off. Or > like you said, get some new ones headed your way. Your local aftermarket VW > guy probably has them on the shelf, and that would help ensure no oil leaks > from deformed barrel shims. It's worth a few bucks to stop an oil leak any > day... > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama > see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
