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Re: Battery questions

To: Cheapass Ron <rapieper@yahoo.com>, Brian Haygood <Scirious@hotmail.com>, Scirocco-l <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Subject: Re: Battery questions
From: 16V Jason <jason@scirocco.org>
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 16:27:15 -0500
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At 04:04 PM 11/5/2001, Cheapass Ron wrote:

>Hmmmm...Ben Harder just had to replace his pressure plate, the factory
>said it was because he had push-started it once...seems there are three
>(IIRC) little tabs in there that are designed to be stressed in
>tension, and if you apply stress to them in the wrong direction
>(compression, is it were) from push-starting, they can fold or kink,
>causing a weak spot and bingo, failure.


Hey Ron,
         Wouldn't that mean that downshifting without matching revs could 
cause the same thing to happen though?

Jason



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- Re: Battery questions
  - From: 16V Jason <jason@scirocco.org>
- Re: Battery questions
  - From: Cheapass Ron <rapieper@yahoo.com>

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