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Subject:Re: rear wipers
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:55:02 -0800

Actually, no.

Jake

On 2/13/07, Maggie Dew <wildebus@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Umm, you guys use the back window to see out of?
>
> Maggie
>
>
> Date:    Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:10:34 -0800
> From:    BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: rear wipers (was RE: Quick... Before my parents get home....
>
> On 2/13/07, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I suspect it's intended to be more useful in keeping crud off the rear--
> > hence the additional complication of the rear washer gear.
>
>
>
> Yep, the aerodymic brick of a Type II T3 Transporter (and camper) sucks up
> all the road crud and spins it into a bunch of tiny tornados. Some of them
> slam up against the rear hatch and desposits a certain percentage of their
> profits on the back window. Result -- vannihilation of your rear view via
> the glass. A little push on dee handle up front and squirto/wipo cleans
> dee
> glass.
>
>
> BenT
>

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Jake
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