Date:         Mon, 24 Sep 2001 15:36:55 -0500
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Westy Man Struck Gold ?
Comments: To: dieselvanagon@hotmail.com
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The box I keep for my cookware, coffee pot and other stuff that scratches
or rattles if I store it in the Westy cabinets.
Thats what I call my gearbox. The other thing is my transmission I keep
it full of iron filings and flakes of brass synchronizers.
I accept your jest!
Stan


On Mon, 24 Sep 2001 12:33:59 -0700 "Dan Snow" <dieselvanagon@hotmail.com>
writes:
> I could be wrong on this one, but I think this stuff will cause
> premature
> wear in your gearbox. Did you just sit there and stick little pieces
> in the
> drain hole, or did you spliut the box, put the gravel in, and bolt
> it bak
> together?
>
> Maybe if you're running synthetic it will be ok.
>
> >Not to be outdone I filled my gear box (6 cubic feet) my emergency
> >bathroom bucket (5 gallons) and a few plastic trash bags with the
> shiny
> >gravel. I brought it home and distributed it around my front flower
> /
>
>
>
> Daniel Snow
> PhD Student
> UC Berkeley
>
> '82 Vanagon Diesel
> '78 Puch Maxi Luxe Moped
> '72 Motobecane Mobylette Moped
> '01 Xootr Scooter
>
>
>
>
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