Date:         Thu, 5 May 2011 11:41:12 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Long-term parking: nose up or nose down?
Comments: To: Marius Strom <marstrom@microsoft.com>
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That pretty much cinches it for me! Nose down it is!
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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
>