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PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 7:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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j dirge,

With only one dual jet installed, how can you stand it with one side of the windshield can be washed cleaner than the other side ?

I find it helps offset the Westy lean.

The second one will go in when I pull the dash next yr.

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BTW, what is ' Outer Sunset " ? I go to 30th X Ortega all the time.

Anything west of Sunset is "outer"... Those hi-falutin homes up east side of Sunset Ave are the "inner" Sunset.

I am out by "Other Avenues", Judah and 45th. Give me shout if your ever in the neighborhood.
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those are straight line runs with light weight race cars for only 1/4mile at a time..
not pushing a loaded brick up a mountain pass with a family of 4+ inside expecting to have an event free vacation..
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 9:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

im just going to vent and say i bet no matter what nozzles you have they wont work wortha !@#$ at 50+ mph in an 80-87. im so pissed that they waited until '88 to actually put them in the right place. i have an 86 and i have spent untold hours months it all runs together trying to get the driver side nozzle to clean the window whilst at speed. passenger side works great. pump works great. drivers side works great around town. ive even replaced the nozzle. that was fun. then i noticed an 88 one day and got mad, real mad. it really took eight years for the engineers to figure that one out? great i thought to myself guess i need to sell my van and get an 88 so i can have clean windows. or do some body work. Why? because they put the nozzle right where its most effected by the air flowing by the front of the van and over the windshield wiper. no matter how its adjusted the spray always gets disrupted by the airflow. Mad
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

pics of nozzles on an '88??
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 7:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

r.e.wing_fc3s wrote:
...nozzles you have they wont work wortha !@#$ at 50+ mph in an 80-87. im so pissed that they waited until '88 to actually put them in the right place. ...

Interesting... I never noticed that there was a difference, but in this pic that I composed for a ride height thread the difference is pretty clear between my '85 and '88 vans:
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So maybe what you need to do is put another single nozzle sprayer in the '88 position and leave the stock nozzle... then you get two sprays for the driver's side. It would look a little funky, but you wouldn't have a hole to plug.

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 8:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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http://www.xmission.com/~pdoubek/images/two-vans.jpg

Paul

Glad you posted that.. The one little problem that keeps these squirters from being REALLY great, is that due to the driver side positioning on the 88-91s, they squirt half thier load into the wiper blade assembly itself. Enough gets thru, though. And if you squirt when the wipers are already moving, then they work great.

In spite of that, they get enough up on the glass to work much better than OEM.
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those are straight line runs with light weight race cars for only 1/4mile at a time..
not pushing a loaded brick up a mountain pass with a family of 4+ inside expecting to have an event free vacation..


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PostPosted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 8:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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In spite of that, they get enough up on the glass to work much better than OEM.

I'm sure they do... that's why I've been following this thread. I'm pretty nit-picky about trying to keep the windshield clean and the stock setup is pretty anemic. I appreciate the legwork you guys have done on identifying a workable replacement.

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 9:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My Westy was built in 9/86 and it has the driver side nozzle at the old place. My tin top was built in 3/87 and the nozzle is already at the new location. The twin jet at the old location should work better than the single jet I would think.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 1:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Interesting... I never noticed that there was a difference, but in this pic that I composed for a ride height thread the difference is pretty clear between my '85 and '88 vans...

Paul


all I can see is that the moved the LH nozzle over to the R a foot or so

do you know if the same nozzles are used in both MYs?
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 2:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Volksaholic wrote:
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Interesting... I never noticed that there was a difference, but in this pic that I composed for a ride height thread the difference is pretty clear between my '85 and '88 vans...

Paul


all I can see is that the moved the LH nozzle over to the R a foot or so

do you know if the same nozzles are used in both MYs?


Same nozzles, different place.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 7:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Paul[/quote]
Glad you posted that.. The one little problem that keeps these squirters from being REALLY great, is that due to the driver side positioning on the 88-91s, they squirt half thier load into the wiper blade assembly itself. Enough gets thru, though. And if you squirt when the wipers are already moving, then they work great.


thats interesting. i always assumed the more inboard position on the (edit)87 and up would be better. though i havent driven one to confirm. although you say yours hits the arm, when its not hitting the arm will it spray where you want it too on the highway?
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 7:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

and i know this is off topic but for the love of god would someone please explain to me how to quote someone in the boxes like the above posts
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 7:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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please explain to me how to quote someone in the boxes like the above posts

Like this?
Copy and paste the text then highlight the text and press the Quote buttton at the top(4th button from the left)
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 7:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cant you get South African spray jets in north america?
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 8:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not that I have ever seen.
Do you have a part number or source over the pond?
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 12:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Henning below sells them,

http://syncro-services.com/index_modi_eng.html
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 1:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

andy syncro-nutz wrote:
Henning below sells them,

http://syncro-services.com/index_modi_eng.html



thanks for the link

I woud be interested in some of the stuff they sell, group buy anybody?
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

how do you remove/replace the nozzles?
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 4:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

giggle wrote:
how do you remove/replace the nozzles?


You will find the answer by reading through the first page of this thread.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ya....missed it the first time...thanks!
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 11:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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andy syncro-nutz wrote:
Henning below sells them,

http://syncro-services.com/index_modi_eng.html



thanks for the link

I woud be interested in some of the stuff they sell, group buy anybody?


I bought a pair of the 2-way nozzles they sell at this link (plus other stuff), on their way here, will post pics and install
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