Dry rot

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

Nope, I had Firebirds back in the day that I paid someone to modify
(headers and such), but that Chevy purred like a kitten. In fact it was so
quiet you almost had to feel the exhaust to know it was running. My brother
and I co-owned it, so he did the maintenance on it (he's a calss A
mechanic). Nope, it was that 16V that got me into wrenching. It was a case
of either I learned to fix her or sold the car. I sure as hell couldn't
afford her lifestyle, she wanted to live on a hoist for the first four or
so years. Till I got Klaus actually...
Cathy

On 4:51 pm 08/01/07 "John S. Lagnese" <jlagnese@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Did that give you the start at wrenching?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "C Boyko" <roccit_53@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: " Mike Smith " <smithma7@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; <jlagnese@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 4:30 PM
> Subject: Re: Dry rot
>
>
> > I don't think on a car that sat for a year it's gonna be a huge
> >  deal, but on one that's been sitting a long time rubber items
> >  would be the concern I suppose. I'd heard somewhere that five
> >  years is about a normal lifespan for
> >  rubber items, but that would depend on temperature too I imagine.
> >  Somehow I
> >  don't think an 05 would be too worrisome in that regard. I got a
> >  51 Chevy from my great aunt at one point, THAT one was more
> >  concerning, it still had
> >  a lot of OEM parts on it in the late eighties! Maybe she was
> >  thinking that you were putting on miles about as fast as my great
> >  aunt did. :P Cathy
> >
> >  On 4:01 pm 08/01/07 "Mike Smith" <smithma7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>  Not being trusting of dealerships and mechs in general these
> >>  days, I kind of felt the same way.
> >>
> >>  Think in these terms: If your car sat for ~2 years and you don't
> >>  know how often it was started and run (I think it had ~60 miles
> >>  on it when it was bought and ~120 when I got it), nor if anything
> >>  was done to it prior to sitting or during the sit (first oil
> >>  filter was a bitch to remove and the wipers suck ass (soon to be
> >>  replaced)), what would you look for in terms of
> >> stuff-that-goes-bad-just-from-sitting?
> >>  Reasons for concern or just BS?
> >>
> >>  On 8/1/07, John S. Lagnese <jlagnese@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >   Sounds like BS to me.
> >> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >> >   From: "Mike Smith" <smithma7@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> >   To: "car" <scirocco-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> >   Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 3:43 PM
> >> >   Subject: OT: Dry rot
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > >   Back when I had Bib in for the Tail Light Switch recall, the
> >> > >   woman at the counter said something that's been floating
> >> > >   around in my head but never seemed to come to the front when
> >> > >  it should. But it's here now.
> >> > >   As I was leaving, I forget how it came up, but she said "Your
> >> > >   biggest problem is gonna be dry rot."
> >> > >
> >> > >   Considering that Bib is an '05 that was bought "new" in late
> >> > >   '06, he was probably sitting for quite a while before he
> >> > >  came to me.
> >> > >   What or where should I be looking for dry rot? Hoses? Belts?
> >> > >   What is susceptible to dry rot?
> >> > >
> >> > >   tyia for cluing me in...
> >> > >
> >> > >   --
> >> > >   Mike
> >> > >   '86 Tred 16v: Red 5
> >> > >   '05 Iblue GTI 1.8T: Bib
> >> > >   "The world is my oyster soup kitchen floor wax museum." -
> >> > >  King Crimson
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> >>
> >>
> >>  --
> >>  Mike
> >>  '86 Tred 16v: Red 5
> >>  '05 Iblue GTI 1.8T: Bib
> >>  "The world is my oyster soup kitchen floor wax museum." - King
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