I wrote a while back about swapping the heavy steel lid on my diesel for one of the lighter-weight late models. I found one on ebay ($9) and installed it today... it fit perfectly. I can't tell if it's any louder or quieter, sounds the same to me. Seems MUCH faster : ) I am considering putting the steel lid on my 90, considering what I've heard about fires lately. I did have a VW Karmann Ghia burn up in the 70s but that was from a battery fire. I bought two fire extinguishers today and installed both. Best place I found to mount the carat extinguisher was horizontally on front of the drivers seat pedestal. My jump seats and seat belt precludes it from being mounted a la Westy. Jim |
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