Wed, 4 Nov 98 14:07:27 +0100 - Message No. 4393
From: "Rebl_Manfred"

Subject: Africas and water


Hello Atic's,

yesterday evening I drove along the river Main near Wuerzburg, caused to 
rain of the last weeks the river is sometimes also on the road, therefore 
they are closed for public traffic.
I tried to drive on such a closed road, after a few km the water was also 
on this road, yeah that's great I thought.
My problem was that after 250 m the "sea" was very deep (60cm) and I had to 
stop and turn.

Back in the next village my @ stopped running, and know many thanks to the 
list, I remembered a discussion we had on the list a few weeks ago about a 
guy whos  bike stopped also by water, it was the fuel pump.

So I started to dismount a few parts of the bike and also the fuel pump (I 
remember the time I spent at the army, mounting and simounting of the gun 
in darkness, the same I am know able to do with my fuel pump) - water - 
damned, it was inside of the pump (also between the magnetic connectors), 
but that is not all, it was also inside of the connector which is placed 
under the front end of the seat (frame).
 
Know my question: How can I make those parts more waterresistant, and what 
further expieriences do you have with water and the bikes resistance 
against it, are there further weak parts? 


kind regards
  ATIC #283
  Manfred Rebl / ATBEASP1 Resident Engineer Wuerzburg
  0049-931-202-161(fax335);0049-172-6174817 e-mail: 
manfred.rebl@at.siemens.de




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