On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> I was surprised all right ..a leather fuel system part.
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Very OT, but years ago, I recall having a chat with an "old hand" mechanic
that worked at a local PetroCan. One of his stories stuck with me.

He was out in the middle of nowhere when a con rod bearing failed (old
truck). He cut a piece out of his leather belt and fashioned it as a
"bearing" shell.

Got him home and then some.

Neil.

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Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"

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