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Subject:Re: Diff locks on 2WD Vanagons
From:Stuart MacMillan
Date:Mon, 19 Jul 1999 13:39:29 -0700

Poor man's "limited slip" differential:  Partial application of the
parking brake when one wheel slips!  Keep the lock button depressed and
pull until wheel stops spinning.  Modulate the amount of brake applied
and with a little practice you can make it up any hill a limited slip or
locking 2WD can.  If it is really steep or icy, use the same technique
backing up the hill--effectively front wheel drive.

Works great, costs nothing.

> On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, C&S Gibbs. Alaska. USA. wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Been thinking about the possibility of fitting a diff lock to my *2WD 88
> > Westie*.  Why, well for the odd occasion that I cannot get up the local
> > hills in the wintertime (6 months of the year).

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Stuart MacMillan
Manager, Case Program
800-909-8244 ext 208

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