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Date:         Tue, 29 Jun 1999 23:33:01 -0700
Reply-To:     Wolfgang Carolsfeld <wolfgang@ISLAND.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Wolfgang Carolsfeld <wolfgang@ISLAND.NET>
Subject:      Re: Clutch Use/NEW THREAD??
Comments: To: vanagon <vanagon@vanagon.com>
In-Reply-To:  <199906300133.SAA18360@mimas.island.net>

Hmmmm.    We  drove our '79  VW bus  for 270,000 km before we had to
replace the clutch due to an engine oil seal leak. It was about 90% used up
at that time
135 * 2 = 270K          ;-))


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On 6/29/99, at 6:34 PM, Austin wrote:


>
>This is my entry for longest clutch life on the list;  '77 Rabbit that
>taught 5 (five!) teenagers to drive in 135K miles.  At that point rebuilt
>the engine so clutch was replaced while the engine was out - Friction
>Materials told me the clutch disc wasn't even half gone!
>
>Austin


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Wolfgang  Carolsfeld
wolfgang@island.net
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