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Date:         Sat, 25 Apr 1998 08:25:31 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark McCulley <raven@HALCYON.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Mark McCulley <raven@HALCYON.COM>
Subject:      Re: Retrofitting power steering-is it worth it?
Comments: To: "John H. Fleming" <JFleming3@COMPUSERVE.COM>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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At 10:21 AM 4/25/98 -0400, John H. Fleming wrote: >You Wrote: >>I recently bought a donor vangon(84 wolfsburg weekender with blown motor) >and >was thinking of swapping the power steering into my 84 Westy. > >Couple questions. Is the PS much nicer to drive? I now have nearly new MXT >reinforced tires(from the wolfsburg) and steering effort is much easier now >but still can't drive with one hand. >> > PS is great for parking and tight turning situations. In other normal driving situations, I'd say that PS doesn't offer any great advantage. I have PS on my syncro Westy, and I like it, but can't say whether it would be worth doing a retrofit. Depends on how much trouble it is to add it I guess.

-Mark McCulley


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