That pretty much cinches it for me! Nose down it is! -- Rocky J Squirrel
On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 17:15 +0000, Marius Strom wrote: > I used to park nose up... but no more. > > The way the front door rain channels work caused me to have standing water in the door when I parked nose up. Eventually, the water would overcome the flange between the door and the B-pillar, which then leaked into the B-pillar as well as my aux battery box. > > Since I've been parking nose down, haven't had a problem, as the water bypassing the window scrapers now goes to the bottom of the door where the weepholes are. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Rocket J Squirrel > Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 9:08 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Long-term parking: nose up or nose down? > > Got a fairly steep driveway alongside the house here. I plan to start parking my 1984 there on occasion. It might stay there for a week or more sometimes -- it's not really my daily driver. > > In terms of the fluids, is there a preferred orientation? I'd say the downhill end of the van would be a foot lower than the uphill side. > > -- > Rocky J Squirrel > '84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > '74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) Bend, OR KG6RCR > |
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