I found mine by shining a light down the grill. When I found it I took a long
length of stiff (like single aught (looked that one up in ye olde dictionary
for correct spelling :>))) or greater) battery cable. I carefully kept rodding
it until it was clear and then flushed it. This is something that I need to do
more often. Just flush it with water afterwards.
Clayton
-----Original Message-----
From: Bud Krueger [SMTP:bkrueger@ici.net]
Sent: Saturday, October 30, 1999 10:07 PM
To: Ted Stowe
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: cleaning water drain tube
Hi Ted,
I've found a novel way of keeping the drain tube clear in my 77B. BTW,
it's on the passenger end of the vent. I have one of those flexible tools with
a plunger at one end and a few spring fingers that protrude from the other when
the plunger is depressed. They're ostensibly made for grasping remote objects.
I push it down into the tube, press the plunger, and push the tool down until
some resistance is met. I release the plunger and pull up the crud that was
blocking the tube. A few minutes of this and the tube is clear. I know when
I'm there because the end of the tool protrudes from the bottom of the tube.
It's a handy technique that avoids having to crawl under the car and milk the
end of the tube.
Bud Krueger
52TD
77B (Hardtop went on today)
Ted Stowe wrote:
> question:
>
> I was looking for the top of the water drain tube, where I lift off the top
> vent in front of the windshield.
> I had thought that I could see the top of the tube and clean it by pushing
> something down throught it.
>
> however is it in the middle ? (77), on the driver's side I have a few lumps
> of some kind of body putty, (been there awhile and I don't want to remove it
> just to see. but I don't see any drain, the stuff in the middle prevents
> that.
>
> is this observation normal ?
>
> thanks, Ted.
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