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[Don in E Texas]

Some may remember my brothers house being flooded - 4.5' of water. He should be back in his house in about 3 weeks after a complete "overhaul". Now to his Spyder as it was flooded as well. Here is his report today:

Went up the Spyder shop today and the news was all good. Seems the mechanic installed the new parts, hit the starter and it fired right up. He took it around the shop parking lot area, ran it through all the gears and it all worked just fine! The new part cleared that fault and no others are showing up. Just the one sensor but he has it disconnected as it is part of the Tupperware on the front. The front end is still off (Frunk). He wants to go through all the plugs and sockets once again and clean and lube everything before putting it back together. Then he said they would give it a good bath. Of course I told him ‘no rush’ as there is still no room in the garage as it’s being used for temp. storage.

Takes a licking and keeps on ticking. Also his flooded John Deere lawn tractor is running just fine after just oil/filter change and service the mower deck.

Some good news out of the recent Houston area floods.

Don

 

[Peter Aawen]

I don't really want to upset him (or you) about the apparent 'lucky escape' his Spyder has had, but did the water get above the dash/instrument level on the Spyder?? Cos if it did, & the instruments haven't been removed, disassembled, & cleaned/repaired properly, surely he'll have issues down track from water damage (& not clean water either) having made it's way into the instruments & starting all sorts of corrosion etc?!? :dontknow:

Not only have I had this occur to me/one of my vehicles, but since I became aware of it I've seen quite a few 'flood damaged' vehicles here in Aust that, while apparently dodging the initial damage bullet, after some time has passed they started to suffer from on-going & quite significant issues with their dash switches & gauges etc that could only be due to the initially unseen water damage & later condensation/corrosion issues - damage that just keep on creating major & costly problems well after the event & long enough for some insurance companies to argue that it's no longer covered!! It seems that if your electrical gear gets drowned, then the only 'real' solution to that sort of problem happening later on is to replace or clean/repair every electrical gauge, switch, & component that has been immersed; but insurance companies won't necessarily tell you that up front, especially if they think they can get away with not doing that work & yet still get that acceptance signature from the insured that says they are happy with the 'repair work' that's been done & their claim is finalised, even if the insured doesn't realise the latent water damage problems that are likely to take some time to appear & then keep on happening well after the event.... pps:

So if any the dash/electrical components on your brother's Spyder were immersed, please make sure that he knows of the problems likely to take some time to appear, & at the very least get the insurance company to recognise their responsibility for the costs of fixing these latent problems as they occur in writing! Replacing the dash cluster on a Spyder is not cheap, but if it stops working due to corrosion caused by immersion that takes months or maybe a year or more to appear, the rest of the Spyder won't work either!! Who's gonna foot the bill when that happens, & in my experience, it seems that it's fairly likely to happen once a vehicle's been flooded!! :shocked:

 

[Chupaca]

Great news...

Good to hear that she is alive and kicking. Hope he can clear a spot for her soon....:2thumbs:

 

[Don in E Texas]

Dash

I don't really want to upset him (or you) about the apparent 'lucky escape' his Spyder has had, but did the water get above the dash/instrument level on the Spyder?? Cos if it did, & the instruments haven't been removed, disassembled, & cleaned/repaired properly, surely he'll have issues down track from water damage (& not clean water either) having made it's way into the instruments & starting all sorts of corrosion etc?!? :dontknow:

Dash was replaced - All new.

Don

 

[Peter Aawen]

Bewdy, good to hear. That should allow some confidence in the reliability/longevity of the 'repair'! :thumbup:

 

[Tango]

hyea:

 

[Deanna777]

That is great news that his spyder is back and up and running.

Deanna