[s-cars] another mystery - phantom sunroof

Brian Armstead barmstea at voanews.com
Thu Dec 24 03:32:52 PST 2009


Weed wacker line comes in different gauges.  Get the thick stuff.  It 
works well for me.

Merry Christmas all!

Brian

Jack Walker wrote:
> Over the years I've cleaned out the darn things numerous times, but it
> always seems to be the time that I've got a couple feet of snow on the top
> of the car and then drive back to Portland from the mountains that the snow
> starts sliding around, melts and it's down the neck. 
>
> It's like I must not be cleaning the things out right!
> Weed Wacker line doesn't seem to be stiff enough, and things like clothes
> hangers are too stiff and scratch the paint. I'll get it again this long
> weekend!
>
> So on another note, be careful if you do have a big pile of snow on the
> roof. If it slides forward and has any weight in the snow it will jam the
> wipers and the posts of the arm attachment will simply strip out the threads
> on the arms and take the threads on the posts with it if it continues to run
> ever so slightly. Temporary fix to reattach the arms is to stuff them with
> steel wool to fill the striped out threads. Wouldn't you think Audi would
> have the arms designed to be sacrificial rather than take out the complete
> post threads. Is there a way to replace the threaded post?
>
> Jack
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee Levitt [mailto:lee at wheelman.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 12:43 PM
> To: Jack Walker; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] another mystery - phantom sunroof
>
> Yep. Wear a hat with a broad bill. :)
>
> Lee
>
>
>
> On Wed Dec 23 14:35:17 CST 2009, Jack Walker 
> <jack at walkerperformancegroup.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> All this discussion of mystery sunroofs has me scared!
>>
>> Every now and then I get a back of the neck with water from my 
>> sunroof
>> leaking!
>>
>> Sounds like some preventative measures are in order.
>>
>> Jack
>>
>>
>>     
>
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