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Eric&Barb
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 Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:19 pm Post subject: Stock accessory bus pre-1964 windshield washer system??? |
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Hi Volks,
We have found several of the VW bus accessory washer bottles that were availible before the 1964-67 ones came out. Does anyone have any info on this system, and especially any dates to trace how far back these were sold?!?!?
The biggest noticable differance between the early bottle and the later installed at the factory ones, is the early style has a scalloped collar and it only rotates 1/3 turn to release (like a medicine bottle lid), were the later one is straight knurled that unscrews several turns before releasing.
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splitpile
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:30 am Post subject: Re: Stock accessory bus pre-1964 windshield washer system??? |
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Hi Volks,
We have found several of the VW bus accessory washer bottles that were availible before the 1964-67 ones came out. Does anyone have any info on this system, and especially any dates to trace how far back these were sold?!?!?
The biggest noticable differance between the early bottle and the later installed at the factory ones, is the early style has a scalloped collar and it only rotates 1/3 turn to release (like a medicine bottle lid), were the later one is straight knurled that unscrews several turns before releasing.
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Post a pic. I can look in my dealer accessory books to see if they match anything listed. Also look at old JC Whitney and Western auto catalogs.
Spinning wheels with out a pic
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Eric&Barb
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:13 am Post subject: Re: Stock accessory bus pre-1964 windshield washer system??? |
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Hi Splitpile,
The "Made in Germany" formed on the rubber top is bigger than the later bottles. The bottle only has "Made in Germany Hella (Logo)", with no VW logo or VW part number. Bottle plastic is flexable, more translucent, and smells like the plastic used in 1970's camping collaspable water containers. Collar as you can see has the scallops, and has "auf-zu" (German for "open-closed"?).
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Enkiel
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hey, i need one of those black rubber pushing thingies
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Ragman
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| hey, i need one of those black rubber pushing thingies |
Don't ever talk like that again.....you can get them for $12 from Wolfsburgwest |
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marklaken
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| enkiel wrote: |
| hey, i need one of those black rubber pushing thingies |
Don't ever talk like that again.....you can get them for $12 from Wolfsburgwest |
are you sure?...last i heard, they were indefinetly out of stock...the whole bottle kit is available, but not the black rubber pushy thing...
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Enkiel
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:55 am Post subject: |
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| Ragman wrote: |
| enkiel wrote: |
| hey, i need one of those black rubber pushing thingies |
Don't ever talk like that again.....you can get them for $12 from Wolfsburgwest |
are you sure?...last i heard, they were indefinetly out of stock...the whole bottle kit is available, but not the black rubber pushy thing... |
my bus's PO said the same thing
apparently they're relatively hard to find.
i guess i'm just gonna have to "glue" the hole in mine
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Ragman
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Enkiel
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i swear it was out of stock not so long ago
well, one less problem to deal with 
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