Self-correcting problem

Apr 21, 2004 4 Replies

Ever since I got the Wonderbus, there has been this odd rattle-rustle-FLAP! sound that would emanate from the driver's side air ducting . . . happened one time only per trip and only when hitting freeway speed so I could not determine if it was the fresh-air vent or the defrost vent where the sound was coming from. One of those things you file away to look into later.



This afternoon there was a rattle then a small red square of card stock blew out of the defrost vent, launched itself into the air and fluttered into my lap.



I picked it up and examined it. Matchbook cover. "The Wharf" printed on it in tiki-style lettering. The red fading to pale pink along the upper edge. No telling how long that thing has been in there, and no telling where the formerly exotic Wharf restaurant or bar was, and whether it is still in business as a seedy rundown alcoholic's hangout or has long since vanished and been replaced with a taco stand. But at least this was one little problem that has corrected itself.


Keep it around in case you need to adjust your points. ;-)

"I can hammer it back into shape later." :wq!

;-)

And how long did it take for your heart to restart after you were attacked by the matchbook?

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----------------------------------------------- Jim Adney snipped-for-privacy@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711 USA

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I bought a car that had been parked in a pasture for a couple years... After getting rid of the ants nest (entire trunk / backseat area) everything seemed pretty much okay until on a really hot and humid day I was just hitting freeway speed when the entire cover plate blew off the air vent on the passenger side. There was maybe a couple generations of mouse nest in there ant it and all of its "artifacts" blew all over sweaty me and stuck! -BH Oh... It wasn't self correcting. Guess I shouldn'ta posted. Sorry. It took a buncha duct tape to correct.

driver's side air

when hitting

fresh-air vent or

those things

of card stock

and fluttered

Wharf" printed on

along the upper

and no telling

whether it is

or has long

least this

You know, the #4 spark plug wire makes a good defibrillator.

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