(was) test, now notes from the wind tunnel

[pats16v at columbus.rr.com (Erik)]

I gots a welder!!!!, Air Ratchet, socks, skivies, sweater, sweatshirt,
Battery reclocation kit, new screwdrivers, (come to think of it I some last
year also....) Impact sockets, new multi meter (It's the boobs) , tin
shears.  Ans a few other thiniges.  I am spoiled.

Erik
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C Boyko" <roccit_53@hotmail.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 10:08 AM
Subject: RE: (was) test, now notes from the wind tunnel


>
>
> Okay, obviously it's working now. WTH?? So no need to send me any further
> "it's working " notes, thanks.
> Cathy
>
> I tired to post this before, so I'll try again...(did these go before?)
> Since the list is slow, I thought I'd post a note. It's been super mild
> here, so working in the new garage has been pleasant. So time for the
> "de-Californication" of the MkI exhaust. As with many things, it's my
first
> full exhaust swap (non-cat from the 80 to the 79). BTW, I have a great
> stock/ with a cat exhaust system available for a MkI, if anyeone wants it
> brought to Cincy, it's in "restoration" condition , well nearly. Even the
> lower heat shield is near new.
>
> So observations:
>
> 1. Aero-Kroil rocks MY world, that stuff is amazing. My kid said exhaust
> clamps were automatic grinder candidates for him, I got all mine off.
> (thanks Daun!!!)
>
> 2. You folks in California better not complain about "old cars". Just
> LIFTING the 80 (a Northern salt victim) was a challenge. (you know your
car
> is rotten when you let the jack "down", and the car comes down, but the
jack
> stays UP. Not good...) Not to mention the rust rain. Cotton in the ears
> helped. And then a mysterious antifreeze leak, on my head, WTF? Klaus OTOH
> is a no salt car. What a pleasure. There was even paint on the chassis
> exhaust hangers. You know, the ones that rust off on normal cars? (thanks
> Behrle!!)
>
> 3. First time with the big grinder! NOT the last, that's a blast to use.
But
> using a flashlight with a plastic lens as a safelight when grinding? Not a
> good plan, the smell of molten plastic clued me in to this fact. (My power
> is not reliable as yet, hubby keeps conserving energy by pulling the plug,
> hence the battery backup, sort of sucks to be under the car when the
lights
> go out)
>
> 4. Fibreglass reinforced wheels for the Dremel, for the tight squeezes are
> also awesome. Forget the "break and fly in your face" cutoff wheels. Cuts
> through nuts almost as well as the big grinder. I'm still on the first
disc.
>
> 5. Murphy's law also applies to the "good" car, you know, if one of the
> three nuts rounds off, it will be the one you can't reach? (see #4,
> regarding grinding in tight spots...). But back to item #2, unscrewing the
> mass of rust that was once equivalent to fasteners was not even a
> consideration on the 80.
>
> 6. All the while I kept thinking that Ben and Cheapass Ron could have,
> between them, rebuilt a nice 2L 16V engine and appropriate custom tranny,
> and swapped them in, bent and welded up some headers, and driven up here
to
> help me in about the same time it took me to do this piddly job. Hey, but
> I'm having fun, I won't be able to drive the car for months anyways.
>
>
> 7. And the general weepy sentiments to the list, for all the confidence
> building and patience over the years. You guys are such a lifeline for
these
> cars and especially for their inept owners.
>
> Other VW stuff? Well, my sister in law got a 99 Golf for Christmas, the
> second black A3 Golf in their driveway. And the kid's POS winter Jetta
blew
> a headgasket, so there were streams of diesel oil and antifreeze
everywhere.
> It's all happy again, he had up and it running before Santa came.
>
> That's it for now. So what did Santa bring you guys/gals besides gift
> certificates?
>
>
> Cathy
>
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