Message in a Bottle (Transmission)

[killerken53]

This evening, I was taking the axles out of the transmission of my old solo vee. Hopefully if I clean it up an put it together carefully, it won't leak as bad. When I took one of the side gears out, I was very suprised. Vibra-etched in clear cursive on the face of the gear is "hopefully this time we'll do better 1-31-73" There is a name or some initials that are undecipherable (3-4 letters) between the sentence and the date.

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You never know what you'll find.

[DanRemmers]

Hmm. Makes you wonder whether they mean doing better the next race season, or doing better rebuilding that transmission.

[smsazzy]

1973.....might explain the leak......