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Subject:Re: Syncro on the Beach
From:Stuart MacMillan
Date:Tue, 6 Jul 1999 12:51:42 -0700

Boy, aren't we a bunch of sticks in the mud!  Unfortunately I have to
agree though.  Be sure to remove the rear brake drums and blow out the
sand too.  The one and only time I did this my drums and brake shoes got
"sanded" beyond repair in about a month.

Malcolm Stebbins wrote:
>
> Not to mention the sand in every conceivable place - All of the rubber boots
> do a great job of holding the sand and grinding away precision parts.  I once
> did a similar bone headed EGO thing with my van in Morocco.  I "surfed"
> down a sand dune just to prove to my friend that my syncro westy could go
> any place his Land-Rover could go.  Never again will I have to 'prove' anything
> except how much money I can pay  the mechanic.  Malcolm S
>
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Stuart MacMillan
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