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RE: [T3] Car sitting for years,clutch stuck (and drum brakes too)


On 7 Dec 2001, at 10:37, Erkson, Toby wrote:

> My baby sits in the garage for weeks at a time, heck, even some months at a
> time, without being moved and the e-brake fully engaged.  No problems with
> the brake drums sticking.  E-brakes engaged while dry makes the difference I
> believe.  Any bit of moisture will cause them to rust to the drum.

This just might be the crucial point. The time I had trouble my car 
was parked outside, and I have no idea how dry it was when I 
parked it. I may well have been raining.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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