@RobertS.Barnes - I've not had quite that much going on, but close. I once changed out the cam in my BBC (72 Chevelle) in the middle/end of December. While you don't get this in Israel (I'd bet), it was short days and very cold where I was at. The problem I had was, one of the starter bolts had pulled out of the block and took all the threads with it. I had to work on frozen ground, machining the block by hand to get it to work again. #OhMyGoodness ... it was a pain. Took me four days to get it done.
If you're wondering, I had the distributor timing off by a tooth, which cause the engine to kick back on the starter and the bolts ripped out.
@RobertS.Barnes I wonder about the water being present there. Judging from the description it sat there quite a while. If it were my car, I'd file a small notch in the starter flange to allow water to flow away
@Martin - While the holes in the bottom of the doors allow for water egress (the good side of the sword), it also allows for water ingress at the same time (the other side of the sword). If no water ever got into a door in the first place, you wouldn't need the hole there to let it out. If by having holes in the door you allow water in which would have never gotten there in the first place, you are now allowing for more rusting action.
@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 I guess drain holes make sense if the water can come in from other places as well (a window seal in the door example). If there is no other water ingress (even accounting condensation) it will be a detriment.
@Martin - With a good vapor barrier, I'd think condensation wouldn't be of much consideration.
Again, part of that "double-edged sword" aspect. If things work like they are supposed to, you wouldn't need a drain hole ... but as we know, things don't wanna play, lol.
@Martin - Everything is pretty good. Work continues virtually. I've been more productive in the last couple of months then I had been for a while, so that's good. I recently rebuilt the engine in my son's truck, so that was good for my sanity. Family is doing well and staying healthy for the most part. It's cold as heck here the last few days (well, cold for here, anyway, lol).
@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 Things are going to be interesting - we bought the truck to do a camper conversion since the country is in lockdown and all the hotels are closed... I can already see there's going to be allot of work to do on this thing...
@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 I have returned in the office. Work on the new house is stalled, as our municipality is a bureaucratic nightmare. It is cold, and there is snow, and ice, and wind, and cold again.. I hope for spring. On the other hand: We are all healthy. My wife and I have no job worries. I got my second vaccine shot last week. The pellet silo is stocked, so we have it warm.
@RobertS.Barnes Congratulations! A camper ought to be nice now. In the autumn my wife and I left the kids at the grandparents and spent the night on a lone mountain pass in her van. That was gorgeous
@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 drain holes actually serve two functions -- not only do they let water out, they also let the air pressure inside the door equalize with the air pressure outside the door, which prevents air pressure differences from forcing water across seals
@Shalvenay - That's for houses ... I'm not too sure about the applicability for autos. The sweeps (where the glass goes up/down) are not airtight. I don't think you're going to have an issue with air pressure due to this.
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