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Mar 21, 2007 10:36:28 GMT
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blocked up washer jets/nozzles? The wiper washer jets on my car are totally blocked. The car had been stood for 10+ years when I bought it and I suspect the dirt/grime etc in the nozzles has found a permament home. I have tried cleaning them with central heating "flushing " liquid, leaving them in boiling water etc etc, but still no luck. Can I use something stronger like acid to unblock the nozzles?  |
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Mar 21, 2007 10:43:19 GMT
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poke a piece of wire down 'em.
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Mar 21, 2007 10:45:02 GMT
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you tried a pin?
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Seth
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MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi
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Mar 21, 2007 10:51:55 GMT
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you tried a pin? I find an angle grinder works quite effectively for this sort of thing  If you can get them off the car, I'm not too far away and have a little ultrasonic cleaner which might do it... |
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Last Edit: Mar 21, 2007 10:52:55 GMT by Seth
Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable. |
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Mar 21, 2007 10:59:12 GMT
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poke a piece of wire down 'em. The diamater of the nozzle is quite small ; tried the pin route but could not find one that was thin enough to penetrate (same with the wire). Might take you up on your offer "Seth"........ ;D |
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Mar 21, 2007 11:12:46 GMT
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you tried a pin? I find an angle grinder works quite effectively for this sort of thing If you can get them off the car, I'm not too far away and have a little ultrasonic cleaner which might do it... oi! remember that I'm out tonight!  |
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Mar 21, 2007 11:30:19 GMT
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compressed air??? - as a last resort
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Someone just shot the elephant in the room. |
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Mar 21, 2007 12:39:04 GMT
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universal washer jet replacements - about a quid a pair for black plastic and 3 or 4 quid for the chrome ones last time I looked. How much effort do you waste on a chump-change part?
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Mar 21, 2007 12:57:34 GMT
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i was gonna suggest compressed air, might end up firing the nozzle across the room tho haha.
if there so cheap then id just replace em, unless they very cool looking
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Mar 21, 2007 14:22:35 GMT
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universal washer jet replacements - about a quid a pair for black plastic and 3 or 4 quid for the chrome ones last time I looked. How much effort do you waste on a chump-change part? Umm, tell me more please about the universal jet replacements , the ones on my datsun do not sit on the bodywork /scuttle panel/bonnet . They are the recessed in the scuttle panel ...long copper hose with an end which has been crimped together to create jets....Dunno if I am making myself clear  |
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Mar 21, 2007 14:26:07 GMT
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Keep an eye out for Max Power or Fast Car magazines.... sometimes they give lovely LED ones away for free |
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Never trust a man
Who names himself Trevor.
Or one day you might find
He's not a real drug dealer.
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Mar 21, 2007 14:26:14 GMT
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universal washer jet replacements - about a quid a pair for black plastic and 3 or 4 quid for the chrome ones last time I looked. How much effort do you waste on a chump-change part? Umm, tell me more please about the universal jet replacements , the ones on my datsun do not sit on the bodywork /scuttle panel/bonnet . They are the recessed in the scuttle panel ...long copper hose with an end which has been crimped together to create jets....Dunno if I am making myself clear They sound quite similar to what i've got on my chevelle. |
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Mar 21, 2007 14:35:24 GMT
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universal washer jet replacements - about a quid a pair for black plastic and 3 or 4 quid for the chrome ones last time I looked. How much effort do you waste on a chump-change part? Umm, tell me more please about the universal jet replacements , the ones on my datsun do not sit on the bodywork /scuttle panel/bonnet . They are the recessed in the scuttle panel ...long copper hose with an end which has been crimped together to create jets....Dunno if I am making myself clear The universal ones are in the local motor factors or even Halfords. The chrome ones are int he classic mags. The ones you have sound like what you get in a lot of yanks and Mk3 Cortinas and the like. Just get a new bit of pipe at the end if you can't blow it through. Crimp it down with some pliars. |
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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