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Old 09-15-2009, 05:35 PM   #46 (permalink)
orange4boy
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I had disappointing results with the mpg and seat of pants from the new back. I had thought the angles were wrong. Top was 15-17 and sides were 15-20. I changed to 12 top and 12 sides but the van still seems to be sluggish on coastdown.
Turns out my brakes were dragging. Time to rebuild the right front caliper. The rear drums were also dragging because of the automatic adjusters. Now disabled!

Posted my best ever highway 36mpg. Go kamm.
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