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Date:         Tue, 25 May 1999 16:48:40 -0400
Reply-To:     Wil Haslup <dhaslup@EROLS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Wil Haslup <dhaslup@EROLS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Clogged squirter line?
In-Reply-To:  <002001bea6e4$8555ce60$f3020aa7@SINSDEV.hdcdojnet.state.ca.us>
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Hi Vernon

On 25-May-99, you wrote:

> > -----Original Message----- >> My passenger squirter has not worked since I got it. I'm guessing the line >> has fallen off as the squirter itself appears open...I've tried clearing it >> with a pin also. > > > Probably disabled by an annoyed passenger! I use a squirt bottle on my > cats, but hadn't tried it on passengers... :)

Ha!

> > Seriously, If the line had fallen off, you would not have sufficient > pressure to get water on the drivers side. It must be plugged somewhere.

Had a similar response from another person.

> Mine was clogged last year, nothing was visible either. I inally cleared it > with a hand pump for inflating vollyballs. With the needle removed, the end > of the pump fit flush against the washer nozzle. After a few pumps, It > broke free, and I could hear bubles in the reservoir. Subsequent use of the > pump brought some water out, the the clog came all the way up into the > nozzle where a needle could get at it. Once busted up, the pump was able to > blow out all the debris. It literally splattered on the ceiling of my > garage.

Wow!

I think I'll get underneath and try to find the route of the hoses up under the spare...even if only for future reference I'd like to find this.

Never quite sure where to look for the simplest little thing... ; )

Regards --

Wil

<tsb> -- dhaslup@erols.com - http://www.erols.com/dhaslup - <tsb>

Reality is for people who lack imagination.

<tsb>


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