KR> Re: barrel shims

2008-10-12 Thread Randy Powell
How about throwing the barrels in the freezer overnight. I would think the barrels will shrink more than the shims as they have more mass to contract and are of dissimilar metals. Just a thought. Hope it helps. Randy Powell randywpow...@verizon.net > > Now, does anybody know how to the

KR> Re: barrel shims

2008-10-12 Thread StRaNgEdAyS
: 07/30/06 14:18:46 To: KRnet Subject: KR> Re: barrel shims How about throwing the barrels in the freezer overnight. I would think the barrels will shrink more than the shims as they have more mass to contract and are of dissimilar metals. Just a thought. Hope it helps. Randy Pow

KR> Re: barrel shims

2008-10-12 Thread Mark Langford
> 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

KR> Re: barrel shims

2008-10-12 Thread jg7...@mindspring.com
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 > To: KRnet > Date: 7/30/2006 8:43:01 AM > Subject:

KR> Re: barrel shims

2008-10-12 Thread Brian Kraut
-bounces+brian.kraut=engalt@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-bounces+brian.kraut=engalt@mylist.net]On Behalf Of jg7...@mindspring.com Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 8:45 PM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> Re: barrel shims Hi mark, John Godwin here, Dan's shims look as though they were put