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Date:         Mon, 24 Sep 2001 23:10:42 -0500
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <jhrodgers@CHARTER.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Rodgers <jhrodgers@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Westy Man Struck Gold ?
Comments: To: Dan Snow <dieselvanagon@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Sounds like somebody's been drinking the synthetic gearbox juice!!

John Rodgers 88 GL Drive

Dan Snow wrote:

> 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 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp


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