Quote Originally Posted by Rednut View Post
my curse continues.. just got back from the USA after 8 weeks and found that my car had not been touched or looked after. it had also recieved a bath and was never dried..

basically the car was parked above a drain and the drain obviously overflowed and flooded the car.....
battery was flat and had a 6inch sespool of bacteria and all sorts of stinkyness. ive since bucketed out all the water i could and recharged the battery.

im getting it professionally cleaned today as its got mould spores and all the nasties all through the interior especially around the pools and on the seatbelts except my seat and seatbelt for some reason?

ive been advised to just flog the breaks to get all the obvious buildup of rust and whatnot off them.. ive done a few laps around the block just trying to lock it up.. its slowly getting there... for the first 10 attempts at about 50km it didnt even skid... was getting worried for a while!

its out of rego and needs a pinkslip also.. i had just got it serviced and had all the breaks and rotors replaced.. is there anything else i should do to ensure a pinkslip since this horrific flood?

ps: some of the wiring must have been affected as the power windows dont work for about 2mins after the car has started and sometimes one of the windows goes down on its own.. AND 2 of the lights on the dash that have never worked are now working..hahaah
hey mate, long time no chatty chat haha.

sounds like you're electrical issues are to do with bad earthing. its difficult to track down these kinds of faults but if i were you i'd get a cheap multi-meter from Supercheap and try measuring resistance through some of the earth paths from the devices that commonly don't work properly.

your brakes should be right with a bit of use.

bummer about getting flooded... its a good idea, and not too hard, to take out all the seats and lift the carpets. the sounds deadning/insulation should be loose under the carpet. you can remove it and sit it out in the sun for a couple of days to ensure its not going to breed mould in your car forever more.

good luck,
aydan