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• Re: Wiper blade recommendation?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:09:43 -0600
  We used Dawn dish soap to scrub our racing tires to revive them and keep them soft,may also work on blades?? Velma 82diesel...
• Re: windshield wiper help(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 16:25:33 -0800
  ...We just clear off the windshield and unstick frozen blades before turning on the wipers. : ) Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Edwards <bhs73@SPYMAC.COM...
• Re: plug and play intermittant programmable/adjustable wiper relays
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:23:58 -0700
  ...That is, it was not wired to accept an intermittent wiper feature. Look in the holes where the blades of the module plug and...
• Re wiper blades
  Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
  Sat, 25 May 2002 12:50:18 -0400
  Gentlemen, ladies, lighten up a little bit here, we are talking about wiperblades, not a new engine or transmission replacement. :-) Here are two possible...
• Re: Re[2]: Windshield Wipers Summary
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Thu, 30 Jan 1997 07:30:38 -0500 (EST)
  ...I have bought wiper blades, maybe 4 times in my 21 years of car ownership. I learned about it, (as a matter of fact...
• Re: which windshield wiper to get? (my bosch excels have been disappointing)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 26 Nov 2005 00:32:57 -0500
  ...I ususually get the run of the mill blades at Wal*Mart. It sounds like your left wiper arm may need tweeking. Mike Houlton...
• Re: Tires, wiperblades and spark plugs.
  Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 20:30:51 -0400
  Its time to replace my tires, wiperblades and sparkplugs. What are good brands? (details would be helpful. Thanks, Floyd Truskot Yokohama, Bosch, and Bosch...
• Re: How wipers work / rain-X
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 25 May 2002 11:35:50 -0500
  ...I tried some of those super duper double ??? wiper blades that are twice as much and they don't work at all in cold...
• Re: Wiper arms
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
  Thu, 4 May 2000 12:44:28 EDT
  << My wiper blades periodically need tightening,and rather than getting out and re-tightening them at inopportune moments, I've been using Rain-X...
• Re: Floppy Wiper arm, is there a fix?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 17 Oct 2013 08:59:44 -0700
  ...Can someone provide an explanation and a fix? I was thinking to buy the new "fancy" (price ones) type wiper blades that seem more...
• cats and stan's wiper arms was:Re: wipers no longer aligned
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 14:24:55 EST
  ...all the time and drag the wipers down to > the rubber seal. > I set the wiper blades so they rest on the seal and...
• Faulty wiper "parking"
  Historical mailing list - Laurie Loeb
  Mon, 27 Jan 1997 09:10:51 -0800 (PST)
  My wiper blades "park" in random positions after turning them off. Replacing the motor the three times, as well as the switch and intermittent...
• Re: Great Wiper Blades
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:18:41 -0500
  ...And fill up the wiper fluid resevoir with RainX's washer fluid. You'll be stunned at the difference it makes. Even in a...
• Re: Windscreen wiper prelim review
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 25 Oct 2016 14:34:31 -0700
  ...But found some wiper blades. Michelin > stealth for only 9.99 Ca each. ...... > Alistair > -- Neil n Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca...
• Re: Wiper blade recommendation?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:16:31 -0700
  I do fine with Bosch wiper blades, 19 inch on the driver's side, 18 on the passenger's.. around 12 bucks each maybe...
• Re: Wipers
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:35:17 -0700
  ...It presses the wiper blades harder on to the windshield as you drive forward faster. Next time you are driving in rain, take note...
• Re: Re wiper blades
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 25 May 2002 11:57:42 -0500
  ...At my 55mph travel speed and the opposing traffic, big diesel rigs throwing giant showers at me for 300 miles the wiper blades became...
• Re: which windshield wiper to get?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Thu, 1 Dec 2005 09:14:04 -0700
  ...which windshield wiper to get? "SilBlade� has been formulated with a premium General Electric silicone elastomer" The Bosch blades on my 911 never lasted...
• Wiper Blades...totally pleased with these after 3 years. Rain-X Fusion
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 7 Feb 2020 01:00:34 +0000
  ...you that.  But, compared to many previous iterations and trials of wiper blades over the last 30 years, including the GoWesty ones and stuff...
• 71 wiper screech
  Historical mailing list - Erik W. Burtis
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 08:44:28 -0400 (EDT)
  ...haven't touched anything, except putting on new blades. The other symptom is that the wipers won't stop in the correct park position...
• Re: Wiper blades
  Historical mailing list - dianne gigler
  Mon, 27 May 2002 15:53:10 -0400
  ...Clarence J Falarski <lamont@MINDSPRING.COM> wrote: > Enough already with the wiper blades. We are not talking about the > national debt or brain surgery...
• Re: Re wiper pressure
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Sat, 25 May 2002 22:37:55 -0400
  >>Now that Clarence has brought it up, what do you all think of those wild >>wings they put on the blades to presumably keep...
• Re: 1971 original windshield wiper length
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 May 95 14:29:06 PDT
  ...wiper *arms* with too-long ones? maybe from a later year bus?? Actually, I guess I don't know how long the original blades...
• Re: Wiper blade recommendation?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:32:43 -0700
  Ya, it DID smear for the first few minutes of wiper use. Seems to be ok now after one rainy drive and the blades...
• Re: Vintage wiper blade source (east)
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Wed, 11 Jan 1995 13:15:31 -0800 (PST)
  >Anybody got any good info on a source for wiper blades on the east coast? >My 64 needs a new set bad. Look in...
• Re: Floppy Wiper arm, is there a fix?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 17 Oct 2013 11:43:12 -0400
  ...a floppy drivers side wiper. I'm not sure why this > is. I'm using the same type of blades on both arms, but...
• Re: Windscreen wiper prelim review
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 26 Oct 2016 05:29:30 -0400
  ...But found some wiper blades. Michelin stealth for on= > ly 9.99 Ca each. They look like blade wipers at first glance, but they...
• Re: Floppy Wiper arm, is there a fix?
  Historical mailing list - TonyCollin
  Fri, 18 Oct 2013 09:12:13 -0400
  ...a floppy drivers side wiper. I'm not sure why this >> is. I'm using the same type of blades on both arms, but...
• Re: which windshield wiper to get? (my bosch excels have been disappointing)
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:27:51 -0700
  on the wiper subject... on older vehicles the tension of the springs in the old wiper arms can be a heavy factor on the...
• Re: Vintage wiper blade source (east)
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 11 Jan 1995 21:04:17 -0800 (PST)
  ...Me too! I had no wipers on my Capri for almost 3 years and never had a problem driving in the rain. Above 30...
• Re[2] Steven's wiper arms
  Historical mailing list - Norman Leong
  12 Jan 1995 23:40:00 U
  ...the dreaded skipping wiper syndrome; a good cleaner should do the trick Lastly, there are those triple-edged wiper blades... Now, I ain't...
• Re: Wiper blade recommendation?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:05:22 -0400
  ...I do fine with Bosch wiper blades, 19 inch on the driver's side, 18 on the passenger's.. around 12 bucks each maybe...
• Re: Wiper blade recommendation?
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:58:39 -0700
  ...sell the car at a discount and make your money on replacement wiper blades. :) Roland On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 12:04 PM...
• Windshield Wipers Summary
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 Jan 1997 11:29:01 -0500 (EST)
  ...the wiper arm...go to the dealer and have them bend your arms ( i mean wiper)... 4. I put trico snow blades on and...
• Re: wiper blades
  Historical mailing list - robert feller
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 00:00:42 -0500
  ...If you use Rain-X once every 3-4 months correctly I seldom need any more then intermitant wipers. If you drive at higher...
• Re: Wiper blade recommendation? Now Length?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 31 Oct 2012 05:21:18 -0400
  Not to nit pick BUT Bosch makes all kinds of blades, some good some not so good. Like I said in my previous post...
• Re: wiper blades
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 8 Jul 2008 11:50:03 -0600
  More expensive but boy do they work great and last long: https://secure.eventurestudio.com/www-silblade-com/index.cfm Bob '87 Syncro Westy...
• Re: Tired of replacing wiper Blades
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 25 May 2002 10:32:54 -0400
  ...King Of Kink---and are reflecting on that----- I been thinking of using heat shink wrap on a daily basis to prolong my wiper...
• Re: Wiper Arm with Wing
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 31 Aug 2001 00:32:05 -0500
  I've seen wiper blades with the wings. You can always scout some wrecking yards to find the OEMs on late model donors. Stan...
• Re: .. while we're talking about wipers ...
  Historical mailing list - P.J. Kenny
  Sun, 15 Jan 1995 00:22:31 GMT
  ...I have a similar >problem with the wiper blades skirting or skipping on >the very top of their stroke. I've learned to live...
• Spray Nozzles??
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Fri, 5 Oct 2012 09:20:34 -0400
  Hello Volks, The resent emails about improved wiper blades lead me to ask the next questions (I'm sure It may have been discussed...
• Re: 1971 original windshield wiper length
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 06 May 1995 18:09:22 +0600
  ...wiper *arms* with too-long ones? maybe >from a later year bus?? > >Actually, I guess I don't know how long the original blades...
• Windscreen wiper prelim review
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 25 Oct 2016 09:28:48 -0700
  ...But found some wiper blades. Michelin stealth for only 9.99 Ca each. They look like blade wipers at first glance, but they really...
• Re: wiper blades
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:57:23 -0400
  ...wrote: >Question, when the spline on the wiper arms fail, and the arm can no longer >be tightened... is the only fix to replace...
• Re: wiper blades
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 11:03:18 -0800
  ...With the RainX most of the way I had the wipers on intermitent if on at all. There were a few minutes/miles that...
• getting and staying bent...
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 12 Jan 1995 13:33:36 CST6CDT
  ...fixing those chattering blades is to place the jaws of a cresent wrench on the flat part of the wiper arm and 'adjust' the...
• Re: How wipers work / rain-X
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Sat, 25 May 2002 19:16:42 -0500
  ...How wipers work / rain-X > I've been buying Bosch blades for a long time but they don't seem to last > very long...
• Re: Vintage wiper blade source (east)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Jan 1995 16:22:25 -0500
  ...MCLADM2@UConnVM.UConn.Edu BTW, Rocky Mountain Motorworks has a 1-800 number you could probably get those wiper blades shipped to you for...
• Re: wiper blades
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:17:34 -0400
  > More expensive but boy do they work great and last long: > https://secure.eventurestudio.com/www-silblade-com/index.cfm We sell the SilBlades...
• Re: Floppy Wiper arm, is there a fix?
  Historical mailing list - TonyCollin
  Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:23:31 -0400
  ...a floppy drivers side wiper. I'm not sure why this > is. I'm using the same type of blades on both arms, but...
• Re: Fridge question:
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Wed, 10 Nov 1999 13:53:16 -0500
  ...Is this sound logic? Also - any recommendations for wiper blades? The rains have returned to Oregon and my blades have started to squeak. Thanks!
• Re: Re[2] Steven's wiper arms
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Fri, 13 Jan 95 7:08:02 PST
  ...on my drivers side wiper arm, so I don't think I need the foil for that. Regarding triple blades, I think I'll...
• Re: Wiper blade trivia
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 12:46:22 +0100
  ...just "pushing > the envelope" with this dangerous upgrade to 1" longer blades? :-) 18" & 16" is the standard, but 19" & 17" will fit, and is...
• Re: Larger Windshield Wipers / Less Can Be More
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:09:18 EST
  ...slap the blades against the windshield. If a windshield has any curve to it, the outer tip of an oversized windshield wiper on the...
• Re: wiper blades
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 16:42:46 -0500
  Not a SERIOUS driver? For years I commuted from Durango, Co. to Port Aransas, Tx.(one way, once a week,)at speeds of 70mph...
• Re: getting and staying bent...
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 12 Jan 95 13:07:10 PST
  So Dan Houg says: > chattering blades is to place the jaws of a cresent wrench on the > flat part of the wiper arm and...
• Re: Wiper blade trivia
  Historical mailing list - Richard OHalloran
  Sun, 6 Feb 2000 23:12:31 -0800
  I just renewed my front wiper blades and went with the recent list thread and installed 21" for the driver's side and 19...
• .. while we're talking about wipers ...
  Historical mailing list - P.J. Kenny
  Sat, 14 Jan 1995 01:38:59 GMT
  ...I've bent the wipers, the arms, the blades; I've bought new wipers with cute little aerofoils at fifteen pounds a pop; I...
• Re: Wiper blade recommendation?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:21:51 -0700
  ...These were cheap-o refill > blades that I strung into some old arms because I couldn't find a proper > fitting blade that I...
• Re: Wiper Blades
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Sun, 30 May 1999 20:12:50 -0400
  Check out this post from the archives, I found it while looking for windshield replacement hints. Slightly dated but still a summary http://gerry...