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

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> On Feb 19, 2018, at 5:32 PM, Keith Park <topnotch at nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
> topnotch at nycap.rr.com
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> 65 Notchback  "El Baja Rojo"
> 93 RX7  "Redstur"
> 95 Chrysler Cirrus Lxi "Cirfogsalot"
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 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.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 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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