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Re: Rotten *^&^&%&** car!

To: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
Subject: Re: Rotten *^&^&%&** car!
From: "T. .R. Dafforn" <td214@cam.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 09:56:18 +0000
Bugger..
Obviously accelerating too hard in reverse! :-)
Mind you a lot of the Kit cars out there that use motorcycle engines don't have
reverse, you just have to get out and push!
Cheers
Tim
Michael Hargreave Mawson wrote:

> Having just spent the best part of a thousand pounds having the engine
> stripped, the pistons, rings and bearings replaced and the whole thing
> put back together again, 175 miles later, the $%^&%& gearbox has gone!
> All the forward gears are fine, but I've lost reverse completely. :-(
>
> Anyone know of a second-hand 1500 gearbox for sale (*not* OD, for
> preference), in good condition, anywhere in southern England?
>
> ATB
> --
> Mike
> Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea"
> http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html

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Tim Dafforn
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Cambridge Institute for Medical Research
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UK
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