Date:         Wed, 19 May 2010 16:14:15 -0500
Reply-To:     Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: The Best Rational for New Seals
Comments: To: Matt Thyer <matt_thyer@hotmail.com>
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I needed that!
Michael in San Antonio
91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
73 Beetle


On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Matt Thyer <matt_thyer@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Last week I was calculating how much it might cost me to replace all the
> seals on Zeno.  The windows rattle around a bit when I hit highway speeds
> and most of the door seals are a bit cracked in places and certainly not
> perfect.  I grabbed all the part numbers and prices from GoWesty and tossed
> these into a spreadsheet and was amazed that this little sub-project might
> run so high.  Its only rubber, really that much?  So I parked the
> spreadsheet on my laptop and decided to deal with seal replacement when I
> had the spare clams enough to complete the project.
>
>
>
> This morning on my way over the pass and into work I turned off I-90 at
> North Bend and took HWY 202 into the office.  I like to get off the big
> Interstate systems when I'm able and the curvy highway to Redmond from
> North
> Bend is actually a joy to drive.  I drove Zeno through the town of
> Snoqualmie Falls and then started past the hotel and the damn adjacent to
> the Falls when I happened to pass through an invisible cloud of stench.  At
> first I thought the septic system of the hotel had backed up or something.
> Even though I was getting further away from the hotel the stench persisted.
> Nay, it got worse as I drove down the hill.
>
>
>
> Just at the bottom of the Snoqualmie grade I discovered why the smell
> wasn't
> dissipating.  A tractor trailer was pulling a side dumper of poop.  Other
> than to say that it was really smelly, I'm not sure what kind of dung it
> might have been, but it did make my eyes water and the only reason I got
> out
> of that cloud of stink was because I pulled off the road to sneeze for a
> while.
>
>
>
> Lesson learned, the cost of new rubber seals is not that bad when compared
> to the cost of replacing a wardrobe and all the upholstery in the van every
> time one finds oneself stuck behind such an oversized load.
>
>
>
> Matt Thyer
>
> http://zenoswagen.wordpress.com/
>