Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2021 14:12:52 -0700
Reply-To: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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Thanks Bruce, heading off in next day or so. Planning on swinging by the fairy creek protest area , it’s on way to one of our fav camping sites, see if we can get by the blackshirts. If not we go onto klanawa via cowichan lake .
I’ve been dissatisfied by washers for years. I’ve cleaned pump and connections, added a check valve ( meh) and even another pump in-line. I’ve bought some Suzuki sx something something nozzles that might work, but haven’t done it.
Friend Simon put in some similar that I bought extras of. He’s very happy. More velocity in jet too, which surprised me .
I’ll get around to it someday.
Bugs me more that the wipers come on when pump comes on, I want a second delay so screen is wet first. Hence my check valve experiment .
Ab
> On Aug 23, 2021, at 1:51 PM, Bruce Todd <beeceetee@gmail.com> wrote:
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> BTW - now that you have sorted out that little mystery and we all in Vanagonland have all learned something profound yet again from someone else's experience (with pictures included) - I have to ask whether you are satisfied with your windshield washer jets? I recently replaced my stock jets with these little fellas...https://www.uniwerksdesign.com/product/vw-vanagon-windscreen-washer-jets/
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> Available from other vendors as well. My point being these are a cheap yet an awesome upgrade compared to what I was living with before. Of course Alistair - you will likely machine these from a block of some chunk of alloy kicking around the shop.
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> Anyway, enjoy the back road camping and hopefully there will be some rain to keep the forests from burning and sustain your happiness when turning on the wipers at your discretion.
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> Cheers,
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> Bruce
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>> On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 12:46 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>> Got a pic up on the blog, for what it’s worth.
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>> https://shufti.blog/2021/08/23/vanagon-all-wipers-and-washers-stuck-on/
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>> Alistair
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>> > On Aug 23, 2021, at 11:15 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
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>> > Well that wasn’t that hard at all.
>> > After checking the relays ( was easy, why not) I pulled switch assembly off.
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>> > Yes, it was a switch. Was the combo front wash, rear wash contacts.
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>> > I’ll post a pic on the blog soon, but shirt story is that depressing the stalk, or pulling back on it, switches between front wash and rear wash ( and wipe).
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>> > Neutral position between two contacts, yeah it’s hard to picture.
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>> > But the two contacts were , in this case, both touching the central “selector” contact. Thus energizing both rear and front wash wipe constantly.
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>> > You know how in these type switch assemblies you have the brass power trace held in position by the plastic housing. I guess the grip is weak in this spot.
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>> > Bent, moved, pressed, things back to normal and wipers work as they should.
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>> > Ab
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>> >> On Aug 22, 2021, at 9:45 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
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