Eldorado2k
11-20-2018, 03:27 AM
I’m not kidding... Earlier today while I was in the process of fully cleaning the weatherstripping, I couldn’t help but do a little poking around inside the door jamb while I had my vacuum on. I’m usually pretty OCD when it comes to the air intake on the windshield cowl, it bugs the heck out of me whenever I see a cowl with any amount of leaves or debris, and if it’s my own vehicle then it’s held to an even higher standard, meaning my windshield cowl/air intake vents need to remain 100% clear of even a single twig before I allow any kind of wash process begin...
Same rules apply to certain door jambs, specifically the ones inside some Cadillacs, because they sometimes come with this thick felt lining inside of them, and every once in while it’s a good idea to stick your crevice tool inside and vacuum out any dirt/debris that may be inside the bottom corner of the jambs.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181120/750e6c04f86367e3c189d349f6c5f24e.jpg
Well today when I stuck my crevice tool inside the drivers side door jamb I was surprised to find some resistance behind the felt lining... The resistance turned out to be a solid wall of leaves/dirt/rocks/twigs/etc.
So I probed around in there for a bit, the whole time my vacuum hose was grumbling as if I was vacuuming up gravel and dry leaves. I figured ok good thing I got that out... But just when I thought I was done, suddenly more crap appeared out of nowhere.[emoji848]
This is the 1st pic I took. I thought I was nearly all done with that...
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181120/9f0f0f43113f3615c91f08dde4ba11b2.jpg
But then suddenly this appeared out of nowhere.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181120/563640a10106ab2c04f9edcd41930995.jpg
Well it didn’t just “appear” it dropped down like a bomb!
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181120/280aa69c78fc519a9067901434bfb8ad.jpg
And once that pack was vacuumed out... More dropped down.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181120/309c0b6ca315e239b46be30eef32aa23.jpg
And more... Huge chunks.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181120/613b5a8b174a667872843cfe1edd86e3.jpg
....And more!
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181120/abc837e8801c56c4de23ea3bfee18d88.jpg
I ended up having to grab a super long metal spoon from the kitchen and bent it in order to pry free a condensed brick of debis that went up nearly a foot high inside the doorjamb![emoji15] I spent nearly a half hour vacuuming before it was all finally cleared out. It was incredible!
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181120/e4c0c1b167c4cc04509c83dbe2fc1eb0.jpg
I guess I wasn’t as done as I thought I was after the 1st quik cleaning I gave that jamb a few days ago. I swear that doorjamb “looked” clean. Turns out this little bit slipped by me... Honest mistake. I mean this could’ve been overlooked by any of us, right?[emoji23]
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181120/9ed04c4f77d70bbb1329d7f07eb54a88.jpg
That’s how much came out of that 1 single doorjamb.[emoji115][emoji2533]
The other doorjamb was completely clean!
Apparently the previous owner parked this car under the same tree[emoji269]and that tree was somehow on the drivers side, even though when I went to look at the car it was parked on a busy residential street with the only trees on the right side of the car... It makes no sense! This whole thing is crazy. Lol. How in the world was that much foliage hiding inside that doorjamb?[emoji849]
Correction: That debris made it in there through the bottom of the car/through the wheel well. It couldn’t have dropped from above, or at the least it’s a very slim chance it came from above because I can’t vacuum in there from above nor reach in there from the engine compartment... But who knows for sure.. It seems like it had to take many years for that much to accumulate.
I had to share that with someone. Lol. Thanks for reading.[emoji4]
Same rules apply to certain door jambs, specifically the ones inside some Cadillacs, because they sometimes come with this thick felt lining inside of them, and every once in while it’s a good idea to stick your crevice tool inside and vacuum out any dirt/debris that may be inside the bottom corner of the jambs.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181120/750e6c04f86367e3c189d349f6c5f24e.jpg
Well today when I stuck my crevice tool inside the drivers side door jamb I was surprised to find some resistance behind the felt lining... The resistance turned out to be a solid wall of leaves/dirt/rocks/twigs/etc.
So I probed around in there for a bit, the whole time my vacuum hose was grumbling as if I was vacuuming up gravel and dry leaves. I figured ok good thing I got that out... But just when I thought I was done, suddenly more crap appeared out of nowhere.[emoji848]
This is the 1st pic I took. I thought I was nearly all done with that...
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181120/9f0f0f43113f3615c91f08dde4ba11b2.jpg
But then suddenly this appeared out of nowhere.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181120/563640a10106ab2c04f9edcd41930995.jpg
Well it didn’t just “appear” it dropped down like a bomb!
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181120/280aa69c78fc519a9067901434bfb8ad.jpg
And once that pack was vacuumed out... More dropped down.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181120/309c0b6ca315e239b46be30eef32aa23.jpg
And more... Huge chunks.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181120/613b5a8b174a667872843cfe1edd86e3.jpg
....And more!
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181120/abc837e8801c56c4de23ea3bfee18d88.jpg
I ended up having to grab a super long metal spoon from the kitchen and bent it in order to pry free a condensed brick of debis that went up nearly a foot high inside the doorjamb![emoji15] I spent nearly a half hour vacuuming before it was all finally cleared out. It was incredible!
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181120/e4c0c1b167c4cc04509c83dbe2fc1eb0.jpg
I guess I wasn’t as done as I thought I was after the 1st quik cleaning I gave that jamb a few days ago. I swear that doorjamb “looked” clean. Turns out this little bit slipped by me... Honest mistake. I mean this could’ve been overlooked by any of us, right?[emoji23]
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181120/9ed04c4f77d70bbb1329d7f07eb54a88.jpg
That’s how much came out of that 1 single doorjamb.[emoji115][emoji2533]
The other doorjamb was completely clean!
Apparently the previous owner parked this car under the same tree[emoji269]and that tree was somehow on the drivers side, even though when I went to look at the car it was parked on a busy residential street with the only trees on the right side of the car... It makes no sense! This whole thing is crazy. Lol. How in the world was that much foliage hiding inside that doorjamb?[emoji849]
Correction: That debris made it in there through the bottom of the car/through the wheel well. It couldn’t have dropped from above, or at the least it’s a very slim chance it came from above because I can’t vacuum in there from above nor reach in there from the engine compartment... But who knows for sure.. It seems like it had to take many years for that much to accumulate.
I had to share that with someone. Lol. Thanks for reading.[emoji4]