I've used that on rear wheel drive vehicles many times.  I referred to it as
Poor Man's Posi-Trac!
TEMiller
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Brodbeck" <gull@GULL.US>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: Vanagon vs Alternative Vehicles

> On Wed, 26 May 2004, Andrew Grebneff wrote:
>
> > >True, but you will never have to replace a CV joint.  A limited-slip
diff
> > >helps a lot with traction on slick surfaces,
> >
> > Yup... you lose traction to BOTH wheels!
>
> Depends on how slick you're talking about.  I got up many a snowy hill in
> my open-diff Ford E-150 by using the emergency brake trick.  I called it
> "poor man's traction control." ;)
>
>
> David Brodbeck, N8SRE
> '86 Volvo 240DL wagon
> '82 VW Vanagon Westfalia Diesel
>