I have the shield.   It must help 'cause my van is still running after
30yrs,

  Not as bad, fluid above electrical panel,  as a Porsche 928.   These have
the main heat exchanger for the climate control right above the "Power
Center"...the main panel with over 80 fuses and relays and thousands of
small fiddley connections, all of which are for complex and interconnecting
circuits that make the vehicle go.   ANY coolant leaks there WILL drip down
onto the Power Center....often causing totally baffling electrical
glitches.  Probably one reason why you can buy a used 928,  Porsche's
flagship Supercar from that era.... cheaper than a Waterboxer Westie
now....Very few shops will accept any Porsche 928 for repairs....even
Por$che dealer$ won't touch em....

On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 9:19 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> At 11:20 AM 11/16/2014, Don Hanson wrote:
>
>> remove that cowl but it's also pretty easy to spill or dribble brake fluid
>> down into all those wires and terminals.
>>
>
>
> That's why it has a bib, to catch any spills so you can wipe them up
> before they do mischief.  Is yours missing? -- vacuum-formed sheet of
> polyethylene installed on the reservoir neck and covering up
> everything else rather completely.
>
> Yours,
> David
>