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| Insurance Disclosure [Text Block]                  | INSURANCE CLAIMDuring August 2011, an Engine/Mobile Filtration segment manufacturing facility that the Company owns was damaged in a weather-related event.  A loss of $250, representing the Company's deductible, was recorded in Cost of sales for the quarter and nine months ended August 27, 2011 and is included in Accrued insurance liabilities (see Note 7).  The Company expects additional losses in excess of the deductible will not be material and will be covered by insurance.  The Company is still in the process of determining the gain or loss, if any, that will be recorded. |

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The entire disclosure for the types of coverages and products sold, and the assets, obligations, recorded liabilities, revenues and expenses arising therefrom, and the amounts of and methodologies and assumptions used in determining the amounts of such items.
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