Was tracing out some wires in the old engine bay and noticed that all
the wires were brown. "This wire," I thought, "should be yellow with a
red stripe* ... oh, wait, that's just dust."

A lot of dust.

The brown overcoat is due to a hefty accumulation of Central and East
Oregon dirt road dust buildup on every object in the compartment.

Can I just stick a garden hose with a nozzle on it in there and wash
everything off? The weather is warm and humidity low (about 8% right
now, you guys in the South where it's probably, like, 99 and 44/100ths**
percent humidity can just suck wind) so things should dry fairly quickly.

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* Bonus points for telling us which wire this is. Details of the vehicle
in the sig, below.

** EXTRA bonus points: Which personal care product used "99-44/100%
pure" in their ad campaigns?

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Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.