Mike, That's great. I'll cross my fingers ...
Shalom, Bert in Nashville -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Morehouse Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 8:35 AM To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Windshield washer kits I'll take a look as well in my parts. My Bug is a 72 and has the same style reservoir and pressure cap. mike in AL In Christ and Christ alone, MIKE MOREHOUSE "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new." 2nd Corinthians 5:17 --- On Sat, 8/15/09, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Mike <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Windshield washer kits > To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, August 15, 2009, 4:26 AM > Bert, > Yours would be a small, translucent, oval-shaped > reservoir held by black plastic pegs thru 2 of the lug holes > in the spare tire, with the filler neck protruding out thru > the center hole of the wheel. > It's 'powered' by pressurised air using a special > cap with a short hose connected to the spare tire's valve > stem. It's made to stop taking air once the tire > pressure goes below a cetain amount; so as to leave you with > a usable spare tire (at the sacrifice of a usable washer). > It then connects to the wiper switch valve (actuated > by depressing the center of the black plastic knob insert), > and then goes out to the nozzle. > I'll look to see if Ihave any of these parts on > hand...... > Mike B. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bert Knupp > To: 'Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List' > Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 10:35 PM > Subject: [vintagvw] Windshield washer kits > > > Volks, > > I'm going for as original-as-possible in restoring > my 1970. It has no > windshield-washer reservoir; I found none in my > trusty West Coast Metric > catalog, but found two options in the Mid-America > Motorworks catalog. One > is a "universal" kit -- nothihg like the original -- > and the other mounts, > it says, inside the fender, not where the original > bottle was mounted behind > the spare wheel. > > Is there not a look-alike replacement kit available > on the market? Anybody > know of one? My (correct) nozzles and tubing > are in place, but no switch, > pump or reservoir. > > Bert > > |__n__ > (_____)º > (Ô\_|_/Ô) > ü ° ° ü > Polizeikäfer '70 > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, > version of virus signature > database 4336 (20090814) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4341 (20090817) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4341 (20090817) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
