[Vwdiesel] Glow Plug Monitor

[Shirley, Mark R]

POR-15 it.  Stop the rust.  Foam won't help.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sandy Cameron [mailto:scameron at compmore.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 10:42 AM
> To: Milt Kaplan; vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Glow Plug Monitor
> 
> 
> At 09:56 AM 22/12/04 +0000, you wrote:
> 
> >A VW purist sure to be more approving then changing buss 
> bar, adding led's,
> Vw timer relay lobotomy, Ford starter relays etc. Although I 
> should practice
> what I preach--.
> >
> 
> MODIFY ! ! !
> 
> There is very little in the VW to be commended outside of the 
> diesel engine.
> 
> Electrics that rival Lucas for reliability.
> 
> I have removed, changed, discarded, modified, almost 
> everything on my 87
> jettaTD, back windows no longer work, front doors replaced with manual
> winder types, A/C long gone,
> switches and leds on dash permitting continuing motion 
> regardless of what
> fails in the relay box.
> 
> The under carriage seems fairly reliable, with 2 year brake 
> replacement
> intervals, front wheel bearings from time to time, but I 
> would mount it on
> casters with a single drive wheel to keep it going.
> 
> Now close to 500,000km and still drives like a sports car.
> 
> Regretably, the lower frame channels are disolving from the 
> outside in. I
> wonder if injecting them with urea foam would slow this down?
> 
> Bore a big hole at each end, blow warm air through for a day 
> to dry it, then
> pack with foam-in-place urea. Might be structurally strong 
> enough to hold it
> together after the steel has gone away.
> 
> Sandy
> 
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