corrado seats, hatch leak, and lazyness

[gr8hunter1 at comcast.net (Jacob Hawes)]

I'm back with pretty much more of the same. The car hasn't gone anywhere 
and I'm at a point where I can leave it for later (which I'm getting 
tired of doing) or get it going. I've applied for a summer job in Alaska 
(3006 miles of highway between here and there) and am waiting for a call 
back to see if I got it or not. I can fly there and rely on the 2.5 hour 
shuttle ride to get from the lodge to Anchorage, or bring my own car. 
Since I can't seem to get myself to do what needs to be done with it I'm 
just going to pay to have most of it done.

First off the leak. It is in the rear end and the water seems to pool 
under the hatch, sometimes in the back corner. There was some stuff that 
held a lot of water that I realized was there so I took it out. 
Hopefully the lack of moisture will keep the mold at bay in the mean 
time. The local glass place will charge $75 to test the hatch. I just 
went out and took a look (It rained all yesterday) and the water is on 
the passenger side, and above the brake light where the hatch closes. So 
is just getting the $45 hatch seal from vintage rubber a safe enough 
bet? It will almost definitely rain or I can just hose it down after 
installing it to check.

With the leak going unchecked for so long the passenger seat and 
steering wheel have grown mold. I've tilexed and vinyl conditionered it 
twice but since the driver seat isn't entirely bolted in (I haven't 
looked underneath, but the whole seat wobbles) and I don't know if the 
mold is just on the surface or not I figure I'll just replace both front 
seats. I've looked and haven't had much luck finding corrado seats 
online. I haven't tried local places yet but there is one or two VW 
shops/wreaking yards around that seem to be able to get anything.

The springs, front axles, alignment, and possibly the hot (not standard) 
ground wire going from the alternator to the negative terminal I'll pay 
to have done. Assuming I get the job I'll need all of this done by the 
end of April which shouldn't be a problem for a professional but I'll 
take way too long doing it.

I posted about the electrical gremlin before but I can't seem to wrap my 
head around what is supposed to be grounded where.

The issue with the springs is that I replaced the struts/shocks (at 
least one was blown) and I can still bottom the car out by pushing down 
with not too excessive force. So I figure worn out springs are what 
destroyed the struts /shocks anyway. I can't seem to find any oem height 
springs but I found these the h&r ones that I believe have been kicking 
around the list the past couple days. If I changed the height of the car 
at all I would want to go baja style (slight lift with larger tires), 
not a low riding racer. But at this point I'm just trying to get it road 
trip worthy.

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	--Jacob Hawes
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