Well my horn doesn't work. The boatyard says it because there is no horn, no wiring for horn and has no sign of mounting bracket for horn. They might be on to something.
Anyone remember vacuum "powered" car wipers? The more you opened the throttle the slower the wipers, the reverse of what was needed. Early Aussie built Holden cars had them.
Probably cheaper than Rain-X too. Were you able to dry out the tobacco to use it?...
When I was in college I had a VW and the wiper motor went tits up. Cost $20 bucks and that was serious money in 68. Somebody told me to dob a pouch of Bull Durahm tobacco in a puddle (get it a bit wet) and rub it lightly on the windshield. I did and it worked .. better than rain-x I'm quite sure.
I'm old enough to know how to fix the vacuum wipers that stall when increasing the throttle. You add something like a sealed coffee can into the vacuum line to the wipers as an accumulator and a check valve near the engine. Then the wipers continue while your passing another car, etc.Anyone remember vacuum "powered" car wipers? The more you opened the throttle the slower the wipers, the reverse of what was needed. Early Aussie built Holden cars had them. (Coincidentally,the last Aust built Holden,a GM brand, was produced last week. When Toyota closes their factory soon, there will be no more Aust built cars.)
I fixed my wipers, applied Rain X, and never need to use the wipers.
That would be something to behold. [emoji228] When I was in the Navy, onboard ship, we had fresh water wash down occasionally. All weather decks got the treatment.Salt is my nemesis. Under certain conditions offshore I get just a little bit of spray, and the sun dries it right away. Wipers just smear it all over. I get a water bottle and splash some water from my side slider window and that helps for five minutes.
If conditions get bad, enough water gets up there so salt does not dry. But then there is so much water that the wipers don't really improve things that much.
They work fine in rain, though.
Thinking of rigging up water nozzles and manual valves, maybe tying into hot water supply.
Probably cheaper than Rain-X too. Were you able to dry out the tobacco to use it?
I don't think they ever worked. View attachment 69409[emoji3] [emoji3] [emoji305]
Also WWII jeeps and some trucks just had the wiper and a handle on the inside to manually move the wiper arm.
sbu22,
Those are good and all one really needs.
The blades will probably last till the weather turns them hard.
IGs have a freshwater supply to the windscreen. So might GBs, IGs copied them in a number of respects....
Thinking of rigging up water nozzles and manual valves, maybe tying into hot water supply.
How are you supposed to send a text if your hand is tied up working the windshield wiper?
More ingenious and safer than the heat source for the heated cabin air, heated by passing it over the exhaust tubes. A kind of heat exchanger I suppose. Worked well, except if the exhaust lines leaked, exhaust gas was pumped into the cabin as part of the heated air....oops...I feel sleepy....NM -
So you are also familiar with VW's "windshield squirter" system, which was simply a small tube screwed to the valve stem of the spare tire (which was in front of course). The air in the tire provided the pressure for squirting the wiper fluid. Ingenious...