On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, John H. Rodgers wrote: > -- [ From: John H. Rodgers * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- > > > Used to fly and old airplane called a Cessna 195. Had a big, wide, heavey > instrument panel mounted on dinky little rubber shock absorbers. They were > alway sagging and letting the panel sit against the frame, which in turn let > vibration play hob with the insturments. Blasted little shock absorbers from > Cessna were terrible in their cost.....don't remember exactly any more, but > they were out of line. Discovered that the perfect substitute was the shock > mounts from a certain Sears Vibrator Sander. Fit perfectly, and didn't have > anywhere near the failure rate the factory parts had. > > Just goes to show you. > > John Rodgers One BIG diference! These shock are not approved by the FAA. That our goverment for you! VW doesn't have to approve anything. So in this case the problem falls back to money. Eric |
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