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Subject:Re: Honing and cylinder painting
From:BenT Syncro
Date:Tue, 8 Mar 2011 11:56:21 -0800

You people are sick puppies. At least I did it via pmail. You Mr. Fisher are a sick but funny man.

BenT

sent from my electronic leash

On Mar 8, 2011, at 11:42 AM, Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> I have a pair attached to my wrists.
> 
> Cya,
> Robert
> On Mar 8, 2011 11:27 AM, "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Ok, I'll be the first to ask where one normally finds "high efficiency
>> teat sinks."
>> 
>> On Tue, 2011-03-08 at 11:25 -0600, Tom Hargrave wrote:
>> 
>>> The black paint works but you have to use the right paint.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> It's like taking 1 step backwards and one step forward. The backward step
> is
>>> the insulation value of the paint layer & the 2 steps forward are the
>>> increased radiating properties of black verses silver or dull grey. High
>>> efficiency teat sinks are anodized black for the same reason.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Tom Hargrave
>>> 
>>> www.towercooler.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
> Of
>>> Joe Luther
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 10:25 AM
>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>> Subject: Honing and cylinder painting
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I've been looking around the web during my lunchtimes for reading
> material
>>> on rebuilding etc., I found a site called aircooled.net that has some
>>> interesting and detailed information on it.
>>> 
>>> In particular, I was looking for information on hone stones to be sure I
> had
>>> the right grade etc being sure of oil application during the process,
> etc.
>>> I have a Craftsman cylinder hone that I used once some years ago, I do
> not
>>> recall the stone grade. Is stone grade critical for light honing of used
>>> but within spec cylinders to seat new rings?
>>> 
>>> Also, in one document, it is recommended to put a coat of black hi temp
>>> spray paint on the outside of the cylinder fins to aid in cooling. I
> always
>>> thought painting a heat transfer surface was akin to adding a layer of
>>> insulation?? Not true? I didn't plan on painting anything but the
> brackets
>>> and tin and cast housings etc.
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance for comments.
>>> 
>>> Joe
>>> 
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