Not to mention the sand in every conceivable place - All of the rubber boots do a great job of holding the sand and grinding away precision parts. I once did a similar bone headed EGO thing with my van in Morocco. I "surfed" down a sand dune just to prove to my friend that my syncro westy could go any place his Land-Rover could go. Never again will I have to 'prove' anything except how much money I can pay the mechanic. Malcolm S Jim wrote: > Now get your Weekender to the quarter car wash and spend about $10.00 > getting the salt off the undercarriage 'cause that ain't a tan. Remember > "Rust NEVER sleeps!" Jim Arnott
> Greg Morrison wrote: > > > > Picture this: An 86 Syncro Weekender 50 yards back from the Pacific > > Ocean, blue sky, 12 miles of white sand to the north, 12 miles of white > > sand to the south, two sand chairs and a parasol. Unbelievable! Wish > > you could have been there. > > > > Oddly, didn't see one other Westy on the entire beach. (Long Beach, WA) > > > > BTW, deliberately and repeatedly plowed into deep, loose sand and > > stopped just to see how well the Syncro worked. No problem. Dropped it > > into low gear and took off fine every time. Didn't even have to lock > > the differential. Greg & Val |
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