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Date:         Thu, 5 May 2011 13:46:12 -0400
Reply-To:     Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Long-term parking: nose up or nose down?
Comments: To: Marius Strom <marstrom@microsoft.com>
In-Reply-To:  <F64E4C16A120A148A007EAAE525AC5162B9009B5@TK5EX14MBXC125.redmond.corp.microsoft.com>
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Truly excellent point -- and good question -- another thought on this is the luggage rack -- which drains through the seal when the van is nose down -- over a long term you could end up with water from the luggage going into the van.

Doug

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Marius Strom <marstrom@microsoft.com> 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 > >

-- http://www.dougalcock.com


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