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Re: flooded car, not just the carburetor

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Subject: Re: flooded car, not just the carburetor
From: john.kahoon@juno.com (John c Kahoon)
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 15:47:25 -0400
If the cars run, try to move them around enough to keep the rotors and
drums from rusting ! watch the Brakes and 
clutch hydraulics. The motors should keep water out just as well as they
keep oil in   :-)  well maybe a little better.
so unless water got up to the distributor, you shouldn't have anything to
worry about. If the distributor got wet, open it
and " hose " it down with some of that wire dryer stuff, and let it dry
out. asap start them up ! the engine heat will be
the best way to finish drying them out.
Good Luck  ( can't get any worse, can it ?)

john.kahoon@juno.com
71 midget

On Mon, 14 Sep 1998 16:22:43 +0100 "Danko Roozemond" 
<Danko@dutcosi.ct.tudelft.nl> writes:
>So the rain has been pooring down. As the english say it raining dogs 
>and cats. 
>whell aperantly it rained a whole ZOO and some more.
>
>well I do have a question regarding flooded cars. 
>This night the cars in a glasshouse flooded, they where all drowned. 
>some till 
>the bottom, lucky ones, some till just into the car and some almost 
>halfway the 
>doors. You get the picture.
>
>Is anybody familiar with reviving cars that have been into the water 
>this deep.
>
>Among the drowned cars where several mg's. My friends car was able to 
>drive and 
>hasn't gotten that much water in his car. My fiat 500 was realy wet 
>even the 
>seats were drowned, you get the picture. My friend MG was reasonably 
>dry. 
>
>BERT OTTEN your car is also on higher ground, frank v dalen has towed 
>the car 
>out. It seems reasonable dry but go and see for yourself SOON .
>
>well the car is standing on higher ground, all the water is sipping 
>out. And 
>hopefully the car itself will dry in a couple of weeks (all that can 
>be removed,
>like carpets, have been removed)
>
>what is the way to go
>
>let it dry
>get it waxoiled
>but what with the engine and trans???
>(engine probably all right)
>but what about trans axels etc??
>
>any input welcome
>
>
>Greetings danko.
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Please feel free to reply to d.roozemond@ct.tudelft.nl
>MG TD '53    (to become toy after (DIY) restauration)
>FIAT 500 '69 (small and slow :56 mph max, good fun to drive, needs 
>drying)
>MG BGT '72   (the real daily driver, but in urgent need of TLC)
>
>


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