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Subject:Re: Westy Man Struck Gold ?
From:Dan Snow
Date:Mon, 24 Sep 2001 12:33:59 -0700

I could be wrong on this one, but I think this stuff will cause premature
wear in your gearbox. Did you just sit there and stick little pieces in the
drain hole, or did you spliut the box, put the gravel in, and bolt it bak
together?

Maybe if you're running synthetic it will be ok.

>Not to be outdone I filled my gear box (6 cubic feet) my emergency
>bathroom bucket (5 gallons) and a few plastic trash bags with the shiny
>gravel. I brought it home and distributed it around my front flower /

Daniel Snow
PhD Student
UC Berkeley

'82 Vanagon Diesel
'78 Puch Maxi Luxe Moped
'72 Motobecane Mobylette Moped
'01 Xootr Scooter

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