[T3] Things you never think about....

[Keith Park]

Bad door plastic is what ruined most of the A2's, when the leaked they
leaked INTO the car, rotting out the floors.

Question though, I used to be able to glue TO plastic sheet with Liquid
nails for flooring, however when it went VOC they took the solvent out and 
it no longer stuck to anything.  What is on the market today that sticks to
plastic sheet and seals it?

Keith


Topnotch Restorations
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71 Squareback  "Hothe"
65 Notchback  "El Baja Rojo"
93 RX7  "Redstur"
95 Chrysler Cirrus Lxi "Cirfogsalot"
 
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From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org]
On Behalf Of William J
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2018 4:42 PM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Things you never think about....

I've always been aware of the drain holes and know the plastic cover on 
doors is  there most new cars even have this.
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From: "Jim Adney" <jadney at vwtype3.org>
To: <type3 at vwtype3.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 6:01 PM
Subject: [T3] Things you never think about....


> Just some thoughts about parts of our cars that get ignored:
>
> Plastic sheeting inside the door panels
>
> I've had body shop people tell me that they are there only to keep down 
> wind
> noise. They may be a small help in that, but that's not their main 
> function.
> The main thing they do is keep rain water from soaking the pressboard
> backing of the vinyl door panels.
>
> You'll never know this until you leave one of those plastic sheets out, or

> tear
> it up, and then notice your door panels warp after the next rain. If your 
> doors
> are missing their door drains, you can cut replacements from heavy plastic
> sheeting. Dry cleaner bags are too light, but construction vapor barrier 
> is
> good and I have some good sheeting here if you can't find any locally.
>
> Door drains
>
> That's right, rain water gets inside the doors. That's why the doors have
> drains.
>
> Each door has drains at the bottom to let water out. If you don't clean 
> them
> out occasionally, you may hear water sloshing in there after a rain. You 
> don't
> have to remove anything to clean out the drains; you can poke them from
> below, but if you're inside the doors for any other reason, it's always a 
> good
> idea to brush and vacuum out the loose stuff. It accumulates.
>
> Wiper shafts
>
> Most of the time we tend to ignore the shafts that turn the wiper arms, 
> but
> those shafts actually come thru rather long bronze bushings, and those
> bushings can sometimes use some lubrication. You don't want to wait until
> the shafts have seized. I've seen cars where the bushings were turning
> WITH the shafts, slowly augering out the hole in the body.
>
> At the very least, it's worth removing the arms occasionally, cleaning 
> under
> there, and adding a couple drops of oil while the shaft is turning. If you
> happen to be taking the wiper assembly out of the car, take this as an
> opportunity to take the shafts out of the bushings, clean it out, and fill

> the
> space in there with a good grease.
>
> Door hinges
>
> Most of you probably already know that there's a little plastic cap on top

> of
> each door hinge. You should pop that cap off once a year and fill the hole
> under it with oil. That will help keep things working smoothly, and with
> minimal wear, for a very long time.
>
> Distributor lubrication
>
> Every time you do a tuneup, you should clean off the distributor cam and
> rubbing block and then apply a small bit of fresh clean grease to the cam.
> This will keep the rubbing block from grinding a path into the steel cam. 
> Yes,
> over time, this happens.
>
> In addition, if your distributor has centrifugal advance in addition to 
> vacuum
> advance, you should remove the rotor and add 1 drop of light oil to the 
> hole
> in the top of the shaft. This will keep the centrifugal advance from 
> sticking.
>
> -- 
> *******************************
> Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
> Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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