Kai. My man. That's exactly what I was wondering about: how to apply a
weather seal over the vent. Some seriously powerful magnets. A chunk of
watertight fabric.

Uh -- anyone know where quality rare-earth magnets can be found?

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR

On 12/5/2007 6:13 AM Kai Mei wrote:

> So maybe some rare earth magnets and scraps of tarp would be worth a
> try?
>
> Although getting the ignition to spark even with some water around
> would be perhaps a better solution.
>
>
> On Dec 5, 2007, at 1:22 AM, John Bange wrote:
>
>> I could see that happening. Not so much from water  RUNNING down
>> the vent,
>> but from water coming in as a fine mist, blasted in and down the
>> air intake.
>> The intake comes out right next to the coil, with nothing actually
>> stopping
>> air (and its liquid contents) from coming right in. On the road,
>> any water
>> that gets in just runs out, and any fine mist STAYS a fine mist due
>> to the
>> engine heat; but parked, in high wind.... Yep. I could definitely
>> see that
>> happening.
>>
>> --
>> John Bange
>> '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger"