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Subject:Re: Diesel heatshield; how necessary?
From:Tobin Copley
Date:Wed, 18 Jul 2001 11:31:22 -0700

At 8:51 AM -0700 7/18/01, Alistair Bell wrote:
>In that VW publication "Technical Recommendation. Journeys under
>difficult conditions" (I think you can find it posted at type2.com), on the
>pages describing power unit protection for diesels, there is info on making
>and installing some straps to hold the shield in place. ...

Alistair, Rachel, and company:

A scanned version of the "Technical Recommendation. Journeys under
difficult conditions" can be found on the unofficial wetwesties site
at: http://members.tripod.com/~wetwesties/index1.html

A great read.

T.
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