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Subject:Re: No need to jump on breaker bars
From:Nathaniel Poole
Date:Tue, 2 Jan 2007 12:17:53 -0800

I've looked at the picture many times and I still can't figger out how you
are supposed to use it...

Nathaniel

On 1/2/07 11:19 AM, "Courtney Hook" <courtneyhook@SHAW.CA> wrote:

> I have one of the Asian clones bought about year and a half ago, from CIP.
> It worked flawlessly on the rear nuts and the crankshaft. Fit and finish
> were really good. I am getting impressed with the quality of the stuff
> coming out of China nowadays. Some of their factories are state of the art,
> being built from scratch with modern technology. Ours are still being
> cobbled together from leftovers of the 50's and 60's. I am a reloader, and I
> KNOW Lyman is still using the original equipment from the 1920's to
> manufacture their tools. :-( So who is really ahead? Now when it comes to
> metallurgy, that might be a different thing.
> Courtney
> ======================================================
>
> "IceBox" the 1977 Westy
> "Green Meanie" the not so stock 70 Bug  >:-}
> Vancouver Island, B.C.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Old Volks Home" <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 10:59 PM
> Subject: Re: No need to jump on breaker bars
>
>
>> Yeah and it's not made in USA, atleast for a long while now.  It's another
>> formerly made in USA product copied by another entrepenuer and now made in
>> the Far East :-(  I've heard pros and cons regarding the latest quality.
>>
>> YMMV
>> --
>> Jim Thompson
>> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
>> 73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
>> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
>> oldvolkshome@gmail.com
>> http://www.oldvolkshome.com
>> *Have a Happy & SAFE Holiday*
>> **********************************
>> On 12/31/06, Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> That was tough...<http://www.800luvbugg.com/shop?frame=2.30.6515>
>>>
>>> Next question? ;o)
>>>
>>> Jim (Happy New Year!)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 31, 2006, at 8:40 PM, hunnam wrote:
>>>
>>>> Maybe someone has reference to a web site or something.