

| Subject: | Re: That dreaded rust behind the fridge! |
| From: | Zoltan |
| Date: | Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:52:10 -0700 |
Quite amazing, I must say. Zoltan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shawn Wright" <vwdiesels@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 8:40 PM Subject: That dreaded rust behind the fridge! >I finally got the kitchen/seat/watertank pulled out of my '88 Westy for the >first > time, to get a good look at the seams etc on the hookups. Guess what - > it's > way better than I expected! Very little rust around the water/power > cutouts, > and not much elsewhere either. I was expecting the worst after finding a > rust > bubble that went right through the floor just ahead of the sink drain last > year. > It appears this was an isolated bubble starting from the outside, not the > common prolific cancer from the inside caused by leaking hookups. I will > seal it all up with POR-15 and count myself lucky! For a 400k km van from > Ontario, I'm quite amazed how good it looks in there. :-) > > > Shawn Wright > http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels > '88 Westy 1.6TD 5 speed > '85 Jetta Diesel 1.6NA > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.13/725 - Release Date: 3/17/2007 > 12:33 PM > >
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