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Friday, April 01, 2005

St Augustine Leak Test

St Augustine is a city of contradictions, both in architecture and weather. The downtown is filled with marvelous architectural examples from Florida's railroad era, tightly surrounded by a ring of the most generic strip/chain development one could imagine. And the weather has flipped between gorgeous beach weather and gully-washer thunderstorms every 12 hours.

One positive aspect of this is that it has allowed me to check for leaks. Brett nailed them, I think. The refrigerator-area leak turned out to be something around the fridge vent. We didn't ever see a "smoking gun" (an obvious leak entry point) but Brett took off the fridge vent and re-sealed it anyway. Problem solved.

That's a good deal, because it seems likely we'll be towing through some weather tomorrow. Towing in rain is the toughest leak test of all. In my Caravel I had a few leaks which only appeared when towing. You can bet I'll be doing a thorough inspection with the flashlight after towing tomorrow.

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