In article <007a01c09e2e$be0ed060$f353f7a5@7>, Ree Gurley
<reegurley@mindspring.com> writes
>
>Don't forget a can of hydraulic fluid (fluif?) for that leaky clutch slave.
>Also, a BIG sponge to dry out those foot-wells after the thunderstorm.
>
The second day of owning my Spit, I drove down to Hitchin for the local
TSSC monthly meeting. What with not having wipers on the headlights,
and what must be an original windscreen (since it is so scratched), I
didn't see the flooded road until I hit it at 60. Water fountained up
either side of the car, AND in about five places inside the poor thing.
I arrived at the meeting with very soggy shoes, socks and trousers. I
reckon I must have had a couple of gallons of water in the car. A
sponge would not have helped, believe me!
Since then I have removed the carpets, rinsed them out, spun-dry them
(whilst my wife wasn't looking), and bought and fitted the missing
grommets. Whilst the carpets were drying on the washing line, I parked
the car so that the sun (yes, it was sunny the next day) was blazing
into the footwells. Now I have a dry and almost waterproof cockpit.
:-) I say almost, because of the five large holes through which the
water came, only four were supposed to be there...
ATB
Mike
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Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea,"
to be published by Greenhill Books on 28th March, 2001:
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html
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