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Re: MGB windshield washers

To: "Gregory Kirk" <gkirk@empirenet.com>, "Robert Allen" <boballen@sky.net>
Subject: Re: MGB windshield washers
From: Joseph Cianciotti <jmc987@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 97 09:51:54 -0800
Thank you Greg. I've also solved the freezing problem by movng to San 
Francisco. ;)

Joseph
67 Roadster
>
>Fer gawds sakes man, you prime it with water, then pump unitl you get
>windshield washer fluid., No problem with freezing in the hoses then.  On
>the windsceen, it might be another matter, but hey, just scrape it off with
>your handy ice scraper. No big deal.Me, I'm not going to take a mouthfull
>of windhsield washer fluid, blech!
>
>btw for those of you new to winter climes, you can use COLD water to de ice
>your windshield in the morning, but don't use hot, or you'll be calling you
>local parts supplier for new glass.
>
>Greg
>
>
>At 10:04 PM 12/3/97 -0600, Robert Allen wrote:
>>That's the problem with this list. You get to much half-ass advice!
>>Joesph may have a good idea with his method of priming the pump but, in
>>the words of Nolan Penney "Good Gawd man" It's winter! Water will freeze
>>and truly split the tubes. Use proper windshield washer fluid!
>>
>>Joseph Cianciotti wrote:
>>> 
>>> You may not have a leak.  Last time I had to get my pump started after a
>>> long stretch of non use, it took a few mouthfuls of water blown into the
>>> hose to get it started.  Give it a try.  It may sound gross but I sure
>>> beats crawling around under the dash.
>>> 
>>> Original message from John Steczkowski <stecz@pswtech.com>
>>> >
>>> >Well, I replaced the windsheild washer pump, and that now works, but I
>>> >still don't get water out of the nozzles. I can blow into the hose and
>>> >air comes out, but I think I may have a split in a how somewhere. How do
>>> >you get to the back of the panel that the windshield wipers and washers
>>> >come out of? It doesn't look like you do it from behind the dash (I
>>> >didn't disassemble to see for sure).  Basically, what I think I need to
>>> >do is replace the hose from the pump to the nozzle, but I can't get to
>>> >it...
>>
>>Bob Allen, Kansas City, 69CGT, 75TR6, and this Elva
>>"Husband: Hey, honey, how about a quickie?  Wife: As opposed to what?"
>>
>>
>"But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
> I have spread my dreams under your feet;
> Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."
>                                  Yeats
>
>

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