[TR] When to rebuild

[pethier at comcast.net]

----- Original Message -----
> From: Dave1massey at cs.com

> How long did Volkswagen go without a filter? The old beetles had only
> a
> screen (similar to that in the Laycock overdrives).

Around 1970, I knew a raceworker from Minneapolis.  Phil Dean.  Phil had a beetle.  I was over there while he changed the oil.  Cleaned the screen with gasoline.

Isn't that dangerous?

"I don't smoke.  I don't know anybody know smokes.  I make it a point not to know anybody who smokes."

Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
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