Re: [T3] Our new addition

[Russ wolfe <russella@prairieinet.net>]

On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 20:16, BOB2TYPE3S@aol.com wrote:

>     So the first thing I did after I towed it home was give it a good washing 
> to get the industrial crud off it. Found that the now P.P.O. had gone nuts w/ 
> undercoating the living crap out of it. It's some kind of greasy, grimey, 
> sticky junk and it's EVERY- WHERE  underneath, I mean even in the headlight 
> buckets. One of those deals where everytime you go to work on it, you're 
> gonna get slimed. Ah well.

Good score. :=) BTW, hope you didn't tow it on it's rear wheels. That is
a NO, NO, with VW automatics. No lubrication to the govenor that spins
with the rear wheels.
It might be possible to remove the undercoating with a solvent like
"Safety Clean".

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'66 FB MT (It drove)
'71 FB AT 
'65 Bug (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org



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