a good washer nozzle clearing tool is a welder's tip cleaner set.

folds up in a little metal box..
has about 15 nozzle tip cleaners ...
shoving one of those down the nozzle holes will work sometimes.
I have found a nozzle or two on vanagons that just would not respond at all
to cleaning..
like some foreign object firmly stuck inside perhaps.
Sometimes I 'blow in' with compressed air too ..
then spray and clean with the tip cleaner.

I hope this only posts once.
had some real email weirdness lately.

Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Meeks" <vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 8:15 AM
Subject: Re: Fun with fixing up stuff...(long post)

> Hey Don, Sounds like you've been having fun ;-)
>
> I'd really like to know how you blew out your washer nozzles. I've been
> fighting the passenger side nozzle for a couple of years  using a thin
> wire.
> No joy.
>
> John Meeks
> '91 Vanagon MV
> Northern Michigan
>
> Vanagon Rescue Squad
> www.vanagonauts.com
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 10:17 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  Fall in the Northwest US brings 'indoor projects' time and I have been
>> having lots of fun lately.
>>
>>  First I swapped out my older 1.8liter VW inline four block for a newer
>> 2.0
>> liter Jetta inline.  That was pretty ambitious, but I seemed to have
>> pulled
>> it off pretty well.  I posted about that in other posts.  Been tying up
>> loose ends and refining that swap.
>>
>>  New exhaust system, new mounts for that exhaust system and a revision of
>> my
>> motor mounts have resulted in a super smooth inline...I thought it was
>> pretty good before, but after my latest change to my cross-engine brace,
>>  the harmonic vibrations aren't even there anymore.  I drove around for
>> almost 3yrs  with my muffler system hanging from the frame of the
>> van...putting sound into the chassis.  Now, after some careful
>> fabrication
>> and some trial and error, I have eliminated that, and it really makes a
>> huge
>> difference.
>>
>>  Then I installed some gauges...Oil temp and Oil pressure.  That's
>> something I've been wanting since I first got this van about 3yrs ago.  I
>> used some of that trailer wiring "tape"...wire that is flat and contains
>> 4
>> wires, color-coded and insulated separately.   A 20' roll cost me
>> $20-some
>> but now I have two more unused wires for future transmission of electrons
>> from back to front...
>>
>>   Replaced my old style KC sealed beam Daylighters with the newer style
>> replaceable bulb ones...since one of mine was burned out.  Re-aimed those
>> and cleaned up all the headlight switches, grounds, relays (I have Hella
>> H-4
>> headlights)..Then I got to the brake and running lights...brighter bulbs
>> and
>> cleaned all the connections and made sure everything was properly done
>> there.
>>
>>  I took out my can of SA Besto spray lube and went for it, everywhere.
>> My
>> speedo cable was 'whirring' on cold mornings...no more.  My suspension
>> bushings were sometimes a bit squeaky...no more.  My accelerator cable
>> was
>> getting a bit 'quirky'...hard to go smoothly from foot-off to just a tiny
>> bit of throttle without a big lurch....no more.  Slider is now smooth,
>> etc
>> etc etc.   New wiper blade refills, blew out the washer nozzles for a
>> better
>> squirt pattern.  New-ish snow tires all around and freshly balanced..
>> New
>> hatch struts coming in the mail.
>>
>>  It is really fun and rewarding to be able to spend some "quality time"
>> with 'one of the family'...Dunno what it is about a Volkswagen Van...of
>> almost any type...They always seem to insinuate themselves into my life
>> like
>> no other vehicle...When everything is working just right..they are such a
>> pleasure...And it's fun when you can take the time to make everything
>> just
>> right..
>>
>>  Don Hanson
>>