The latest picture from Hayden, currently working his way through some 356 maintenance in Almaty, Kazakhstan shows the sort of accelerated generator brush wear that Steven Harris’ 356 – Lola – had to contend with over 65 hours driving through the dust and fine sand of the Gobi Desert. Pretty amazing, given that these solid carbon parts often last 30 years/over 100k miles in average use.

Funnily enough, that 100,000 miles of wear is what Hayden is estimating as a rough estimate of the equivalent distance one would have to cover in normal road use, to come close to equalling the stress these rally cars are suffering. Ouch!

If you’re not familiar with where these parts are situated, then look for ‘carbon brush’ in this diagram. The generator sits on top of the engine: right under the engine cover in a 356.

Hope you are enjoying these reports. More blogjack reports as they come in.

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