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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: Jory on March 17, 2011, 07:23:35 pm
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I'm building 1.6N/A. The cylinders are pitted so I'm boring .040" over. I've decided to go with Prothe's pistons but I'm not going to screw around with the rings that come with them.
Anybody have a source for German rings? (Goetz, Mahle, etc)
thanks!
Jory
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Last person who was on a search for these found them at:
http://www.vwdieselparts.com (http://www.vwdieselparts.com)
But that was the last set he had in stock.. Apparently they are getting a tad hard to come by.. Can't hurt to check with Jack though...
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Thanks, I sent Jack an email to figure out what brand those rings are.
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this guy seems to have it all except engine assemblies.. but he's even got door handles and stuff so maybe he has what you need
http://www.hansdieselparts.com/default.htm
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this guy seems to have it all except engine assemblies.. but he's even got door handles and stuff so maybe he has what you need
http://www.hansdieselparts.com/default.htm
oh mercy. ANOTHER prothe site? By the way, I didn't give prothe the business, I can get top line pistons through my shop for less than half his price.
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Yes it was me who was on the search for them last but i did find some at jacks website. They are a bit hard to find tho.
http://www.vwdieselparts.com
He's a good guy he will fix you up. Mine was like $62 shipped
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Looks like I'm out of luck with vwdieselparts:
Jory,
None of our suppliers have had stock from some
time, sorry. Possibly again in the future ........
BTW one customer needed a set so bad he had
to order a full set of .040 over pistons jut for the
rings :-(
Jack
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I checked with my parts guy back when Corey was looking.. He was able to locate a set, but they were Topline.. Personally, I never cared for their VW rings though..
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Maybe try contacting Total seal or Hastings and see what can be made?
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Total seal has good product. Ive never heard anyting bad about them. Neither about hastings.
I was gonna use total seal but just never got around to calling them... i have gotten lazy :P
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I checked with my parts guy back when Corey was looking.. He was able to locate a set, but they were Topline.. Personally, I never cared for their VW rings though..
Yeah, my Top Line pistons came with rings but I'm wary of using them.
Guess it's time to call Total Seal
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Also, I checked with the dealership today. Apparently ALL oversize rings for the 1.6s are NLA :(
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Looks like I finally struck gold. Found an ad on thesamba.com for Grant 1mm rings and just ordered them. He said he can get more so here's the link for whoever else is looking:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1110139
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PLEASE: do us all a favor and report back on how this guy treats you on this purchase...like how long it took to get....if they were what they were advertised as.....if they really came in a "Grant" box....if they were packaged safely, etc.
Thank you up front.
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PLEASE: do us all a favor and report back on how this guy treats you on this purchase...like how long it took to get....if they were what they were advertised as.....if they really came in a "Grant" box....if they were packaged safely, etc.
Thank you up front.
Will do. Do you have cause to doubt this seller or have you just not dealt him?
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No, no bad vibes or anything. Just wanting to know if this guy is true-blue or what, as I am selling one block to a guy who is going to need the big rings and I don't think he has thought far enough down the road (found any 0.040 rings) to make his dream come true.
It just seems sort of odd that someone is coming out of the blue (when no one else seems to be able to handle any rings this size) with rings to sell.....that's all. I might just score a set to keep on hand for the next engine which gets zorched! Every block I currently campaign has been punched 0.020 (except for the sleeping Eco!).
I've found a LOT of good sh-- on the Samba over the years. Also found two bad pennies as well....one of which used to spend a LOT of time on this forum..........and still attempts to hawk a lot of stuff on Samba as we speak. Oh man....THAT is going to cause some brain cells to ponder!!!!!!!!!
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I hear ya. I'm needing to finish this engine with a quickness so I decided to take a gamble and jump on these rings.
We'll see how it turns out.
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Did you ever receive those rings?
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yeah you ever get them?
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sorry I haven't updated the thread.
got the rings a week or so ago, exactly as described. :)
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b262/dragginvrsick/4aa5be69.jpg)
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b262/dragginvrsick/f1e00862.jpg)
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b262/dragginvrsick/3d1629c2.jpg)
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Thats what mine looked like execpt the plastic the rings were in and it folded out then it said top ring, 2nd ring, Oil ring
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Thats what mine looked like execpt the plastic the rings were in and it folded out then it said top ring, 2nd ring, Oil ring
You bought Grant rings? Where from?
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Jack at vwdieselparts