Hurricane Damage?

[amalventano at sc.rr.com (Allyn)]

Dave,

for the storm: heres something you just dont like seeing when you peer out 
the window to check on the car:
http://scirocco.dhs.org/vw/pics/0-allyn/rieger/images/040829-111509-Z19.jpg
its silly, that was about the safest spot i could put it (way bigger trees 
in all other directions). murphys law i suppose.

for the rocco: you were just doing a/c / alternator work on that rocco, 
werent ya? i would check your wiring very carefully. sounds like something 
in the engine bay, especially with it being caused only during WOT. if it 
overloaded, your in-car ground may have been the weak link.

Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David L. Winchell, II" <davidwinchell2@sprynet.com>
To: "Scirocco List" <Scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 5:56 PM
Subject: Hurricane Damage?


> Ok listers.
>
> As I live just two blocks off the harbor in Charleston, SC this last 
> weekend
> was filled with excitement.  Since we had no power up until a couple of
> hours ago I spent most of Sunday sitting with not much to do other than
> watch the pond that was once the yard my children played in get deeper and
> deeper.
>
> Last night I spent a couple hours in the rain putting the rocc back 
> together
> from previous ventures that left it immobilized. I got it ready to go and
> took a drive around the block and all was well. A little later I took my
> daughter and her friend home just a couple of blocks away. All was well
> until I punched the gas exiting the neighborhood and life got REAL bad 
> very
> quick.(This is a 16V 2.0L) I lost all power, the lights went dead, and 
> there
> was a popping noise from the fuse panel area... Then there was the smell 
> of
> smoke. The car died.  I restarted, dropped off the friend and made it back
> home. Each time I hit the gas the whole scenario would repeat. I got home,
> shut it down and verified that I did not have a current fire in the car.
> Later I went out and peaked around and found a wire that the sheathing was
> bubbled up and melted away. It was a brown wire (ground) attached the top
> circle of grounds that was at the top right position.
>
> Questions, Can I replace just that ground at the end where it is burned?
> Will the fuse panel just dry out and everything be ok? What other possible
> items burned or was it taken out on the ground?  Is the car drivable or do 
> I
> need to find time in this weeks busy, busy schedule to get this fixed 
> before
> I rescue the car from next weeks tropical adventures that appear to be of
> emanate danger from our area?
>
> TIA,
>
> Dave
>
> David L. Winchell, II
> DavidWinchell2@sprynet.com
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