I addressed most of that in my response to your 1st post.

Scott
turbovans
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Luther" <jluther@ALFONS-HAAR.US>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: More questions on lifters etc

>I texted the guy and told him I would be down tomorrow to get the van and
> asked about having everything organized by cylinder.  He told me he would
> see me tomorrow, didn't answer the organization question.  I already paid
> for the van so I'm committed now.   As mentioned, he's a long time air
> cooled guy so I'm thinking he did it as a matter of course but on the off
> chance he hasn't for some reason kept everything isolated and marked, what
> is the potential recovery process?  Pistons to cylinders seem critical,
> they
> should have the arrow for orientation so that is ok.  Is the issue the
> rings
> taking a set to the cylinder bore over the 60k it was running? Can I do
> ring
> gap checks or try to McGyver up a bench compression test to sort this out?
>
> I work for a German special machine company so I have access to a Zeiss, a
> contour tracer and a lot of metrology tools if required.
>
> Thanks for list tolerance of the endless string of silly questions.  I
> really want to get this thing on the road but I want to do it correctly,
> doing everything needed and possible while the engine is out of the van.
>
> Joe
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Luther [mailto:jluther@alfons-haar.us]
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 5:45 PM
> To: 'VWBrain@AOL.COM'; 'vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM'
> Subject: RE: More questions on lifters etc
>
> Thanks for the information.  This guy has been doing VW engines for quite
> a
> while so I'm hoping he has everything matchmarked.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
> Mark Dearing
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 1:24 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: More questions on lifters etc
>
> In a message dated 2/5/2011 1:11:16 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET writes:
>
> The  pistons have to go with the cylinders they were originally with.
> That is  about all that is critical.  You should be able to mix and match
> the  rest.
>
>
>
>
> hey ken I have found it pays to keep the lifters matched to their   lobe,
> they tend to wear in a certain pattern seeing as the do rotate.mixing them
> can cause failure, push rods don't seem to matter as much. pistons and
> clylinders  should also kept together as you stated .  later   mark
> dearing
> salem import service salem  va