Re: Scirocco Dash Cracks......Ever Stopped one???? / Weinermobile

[ChuckKuecker <ckuecker@mcs.net>]

At 18:56 8/28/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Hey Everybody!!
>The sun is way stronger here in the South than it was in the North.  I keep
>my dash covered at all times but I have still developed two tiny cracks
>around the defroster channels.  They are small enough to stop if somebody can
>tell me a method that will work....please.....I have kept this damn thing
>perfect until now.  Yeah, I've got an unblemished spare, but I want to keep
>this one in for a while.  Any help is, as always, greatly appreciated.
>Another thing you all might find humerous........ Yesterday I was zippin
>along at about 90 when I saw the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile ahead.  I zipped
>even more to catch up and pass it.  After I checked it out, my roommate got
>the idea to moon it and the driver, but unfortunately, right when I slowed
>down to let it catch up, the driver took an offramp. Doh....another missed
>opportunity.
>DANMAY
>8716VScirocco
>83GTi

Try drilling a small hole (about 1/8" or less) at the end of each crack.
This works in aircraft canopies and sheet metal - it relieves the stress
that propagates the crack..

Chuck Kuecker

ckuecker@mcs.net

'83 Scirocco (new paint!)
'58 Ghia Convert
'75 Bug (getting better)
'67 Bug
'63 Bug (for sale)
'91 Vanagon


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