(was) test, now notes from the wind tunnel

[rocco16v at netzero.net (L F)]

You're only spoiled if the "tin snips" are 
a)aviation-type
b)rights, one each
c)lefts, one each
d)straights, one each

:P

Larry
:)
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Erik 
  To: C Boyko ; scirocco-l@scirocco.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 6:10 PM
  Subject: Re: (was) test, now notes from the wind tunnel


  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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