Date:         Thu, 5 May 2011 13:37:44 -0500
Reply-To:     Tom Lambas <twlambas@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Tom Lambas <twlambas@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Long-term parking: nose up or nose down?
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
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I don't know that fluids would be an issue.  That was just my thought on the
subject.

The others have good points. Leaking into the interior would be bad, so you
might try nose
down and see how it goes.

Tom

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hmm. Scott and others have pointed out, correctly, that it's easier to
> get in the thing with the nose down. But if Old Man Winter comes along
> and snows my little van in for a few weeks (read: 2 wheel drive, steep
> driveway, a disinclination to do a lot of shoveling) then nose up would
> give a few feet of relatively unsnowed pavement for the rear wheels to
> grab a-holt of. Your points about air bubbles in coolant and that main
> seal thing . . . is that something that the average bear, or squirrel,
> needs to consider, usually, or just something that might be helpful is
> something is marginal?
>
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel
>
>
> > My inclination would be nose up.  I'm thinking air in cooling system
> > would migrate toward the radiator and oil would be away from the main
> > seal.
> >
> > Tom
> > KD6FAC
> > Minneapolis, MN
> >
> > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Rocket J Squirrel
> > <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> >         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
> >
>
>