While we're talking about cars

Thread a bit -- 4, 6, 8 inches? -- of thicker, stiffer, hose over the wiper arm and the washer fluid line both? Dunno, depends on a lot of things, like whether you can find a fitting inner-diameter hose(*), and the shape of the wiper arm's connector for the wiper blade, whether you can get the hose pushed on over that; stuff like that. But, if all those dependencies can be worked out, it might work, IMaO.

Or, heck, if the washer fluid line is on the underside of the wiper arm (as one would imagine it has to be, for the snow to be able to pinch it off), maybe you can just move it to the top side? It might be too short, but then you could get a somewhat longer bit of hose to replace it with. And sure, that'll look a little less neat in the summer. If that matters that much to you, then move it back and forth each spring and autumn.

(*): I'm thinking, perhaps something like the ones that move coolant from the engine to the car's heater system.

Oh, and lurn to speel, dammitt!

I had a Nissan that had the same problem.

I grabbed a piece of lexan about 1ft sq. custom fit it to the hood and the fender and the fascia on the bottom of the windscreen (windshield for those not in the know). I left the lexan about 1/2" longer than the fascia and then attached the lexan to the with pop rivets to lexan right angle made from scrap, then to the fender (a small 1/8" hole in 2 places is all that is needed). After that I angle cut the Lexan shield to afford the wiper to move over it easily.

Only thing I would have changed, bend a right angle on on side of the piece first, then notch the right angle in the needed places to afford curvature and make it as long a the wiper blade.

YMMV, depending on your "Tool" skills. Sheetmetal working familiarity is a good thing. The better the fit to the hood and fender, the better it'll work.

Even *I* went through 2 revisions, shoulda did a third, but I was gonna sell the car after the Winter, and did. If I'da kept it, I'da done a third revision with the right angle in the longer shield first.

Post #187,741 by drewk 12/21/04 9:52:05 PM Reply	While we're talking about cars I've got an '02 Chevy Cavalier. Nice little car for what I paid, but a really annoying problem. Snow and ice collects at the base of the windshield under the edge of the hood. On the driver's side at the base of the pillar, it packs in under the wiper arm and consistantly pinches off the windshield-washer fluid line. Any ideas for keeping this clear. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #187,742 by ben_tilly 12/21/04 10:02:32 PM Reply	Move to CA :-P I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #187,751 by drewk 12/21/04 10:50:57 PM Reply	o0oo oo0o Besides, that would have to be, "Move back to CA" === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #187,758 by daemon 12/21/04 10:57:49 PM Reply	rainx that way too many Iraqis conceived of free society as little more than a mosh pit with grenades. ANDISHEH NOURAEE clearwater highschool marching band [link\|http://www.chstornadoband.org/\|http://www.chstornadoband.org/]
Post #187,759 by drewk 12/21/04 11:07:54 PM Reply	Will try, thanks === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #187,760 by broomberg 12/21/04 11:10:55 PM Reply	Addictive Rain-X is WONDERFUL, for about a month. Then it wears out, leaving it far worse than before. You can keep renewing it, but it is never the same at the 1st time.
Post #187,863 by daemon 12/22/04 4:19:53 PM Reply	in between applications vinegar and newspaper to clean prior application up regards, daemon that way too many Iraqis conceived of free society as little more than a mosh pit with grenades. ANDISHEH NOURAEE clearwater highschool marching band [link\|http://www.chstornadoband.org/\|http://www.chstornadoband.org/]
Post #187,761 by Nightowl 12/21/04 11:11:36 PM Reply	Depends whether you are moving If it only happens when you're parked, a thick sheet of plastic will solve the problem. I covered my car for YEARS with huge huge sheets of plastic, clothespinned together and shut into the doors and windows to hold it in place, and it kept all that stuff out, and kept the doors from freezing shut also. If it happens while driving, I'm not sure. Brenda "It's not where a person stands in time of comfort and security, but rather where they stand in times of strife and controversy that determine true friends." (Quote sent to me by a true friend, author unknown).
Post #187,788 by CRConrad 12/22/04 3:45:15 AM Reply	"consistEntly"; "Any ideas ... _?_". HTH. Thread a bit -- 4, 6, 8 inches? -- of thicker, stiffer, hose over the wiper arm and the washer fluid line both? Dunno, depends on a lot of things, like whether you can find a fitting inner-diameter hose(), and the shape of the wiper arm's connector for the wiper blade, whether you can get the hose pushed on over that; stuff like that. But, if all those dependencies can be worked out, it might work, IMaO. Or, heck, if the washer fluid line is on the underside of the wiper arm (as one would imagine it has to be, for the snow to be able to pinch it off), maybe you can just move it to the top side? It might be too short, but then you could get a somewhat longer bit of hose to replace it with. And sure, that'll look a little less neat in the summer. If that matters that much to you, then move it back and forth each spring and autumn. (): I'm thinking, perhaps something like the ones that move coolant from the engine to the car's heater system. Oh, and lurn to speel, dammitt! [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575\|Ashton Brown]
Post #187,793 by pwhysall 12/22/04 6:17:16 AM Reply	My word. Aren't we just having quite the grammar/spelling Nazi day today? (Of course, one might correctly surmise that if these illiterate colonial baboons would just obtain a grasp of the language in the first place, you wouldn't have to don your jackboots in the first place...) Peter [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu Linux] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #187,799 by CRConrad 12/22/04 8:46:48 AM Reply	Or maybe, I wouldn't have to don 'em in the -second- place? Seeing as how in the first place, were those aforementioned illiterate colonial baboons not grasping the language, I mean. (This is a serious question, not a smirking put-down: How does the lingo work in this respect; is it "the first place ... the second place", or are they both firsts because they're different things?) [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575\|Ashton Brown]
Post #187,804 by Another Scott 12/22/04 8:54:14 AM Reply	It's one of those "idiom" things. It's probably best ... not to think too hard about. [link\|http://www.allwords.com/word-placed.html\|Here]: *Idiom*: in the first place In any event; anyway. Example: I never liked it in the first place [link\|http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=idiom\|Idiom]. HTH! Cheers, Scott.
Post #187,838 by drewk 12/22/04 1:04:28 PM Reply	Yeah, I constently get that one wrong ... wonder why that is But as to to hose idea, I think I'll try that before I take the welding class to try Greg's. The problem, of course, it that I can't get a clear view of where it's actually pinching, seeing as it's under the wiper arm. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #187,847 by folkert 12/22/04 2:37:09 PM Reply	Lexan == Plastic Used in Lense covers a ton. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link\|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp\|source] Here is an example: [link\|http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm001-ie/\|Executing arbitrary commands without Active Scripting or ActiveX when using Windows]
Post #187,850 by drewk 12/22/04 2:38:54 PM Reply	True, but once you start talking about riveting a fender ... === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #187,864 by ben_tilly 12/22/04 4:27:52 PM Reply	Are you TRYING to tweak CRC? I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #187,886 by drewk 12/22/04 5:47:23 PM Reply	Whatever could you mean? === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #187,990 by CRConrad 12/23/04 5:08:44 PM 12/23/04 5:09:58 PM Reply	Doesn't matter if you know where exactly it's pinching. Just cover it with a stiffer hose for as much as possible of the wiper arm's length, and you'll probably have included the exact spot. (Edit: Yeah, BTW, I'm constantly wondering what Ben is talking about, too.) [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575\|Ashton Brown] Edited by CRConrad Dec. 23, 2004, 05:09:58 PM EST Expand All History
Post #188,022 by ben_tilly 12/23/04 7:16:20 PM Reply	Want a list? s/constently/constantly/ s/as to to hose idea/as to the hose idea/ s/it that I can't/is that I can't/ Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #188,085 by drewk 12/24/04 9:25:46 AM 12/24/04 9:26:06 AM Reply	The one in the title was intentional The rest were ... not. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com] Edited by drewk Dec. 24, 2004, 09:26:06 AM EST Expand All History
Post #188,173 by CRConrad 12/26/04 4:02:47 AM Reply	I wasn't really wondering, but thanks for the list. I just said that in order to get to use "constantly", to show I'd noticed that piece of baiting. This time around, I actually hadn't noticed the other ones. [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575\|Ashton Brown]
Post #188,211 by drewk 12/26/04 8:41:58 PM Reply	Amazing how you see what you expect Remember that study that showed you can mix up all the letters except the first and last and it's still readable? I wonder how much you can mess up -- order, incorrect letters, incorrect but similar words, not-quite-real words -- and still have it readable. You know, like reading boxlish or ashtonese. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #188,212 by broomberg 12/26/04 9:17:25 PM Reply	Ashtonese isn't real? I've given up looking things up in the dictionary, assume most of it is real, and hope to understand based on context.
Post #188,221 by CRConrad 12/27/04 2:01:16 AM Reply	Heh - yeah, amazing. For me, just like Roomy, B & A are... ...both borderline readable; mostly, (again, just like the BRoom,) I hope for context to resolve what my Mad Lingo Skillz can't. And the rest, I just let wash over me like a soothing warm flood of incomprehensible sussurations. [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575\|Ashton Brown]
Post #188,223 by drewk 12/27/04 2:12:33 AM Reply	Oh that's just great Now what kind of new faces are going to show up here when we start getting google hits for "wash over me like a soothing warm flood"? === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #188,233 by ben_tilly 12/27/04 3:24:51 AM Reply	I don't know, but there's one way to find out... (new thread) Created as new thread #188232 titled [link\|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=188232\|I don't know, but there's one way to find out...] I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #187,826 by folkert 12/22/04 11:38:31 AM Reply	Piece of lexan. I had a Nissan that had the same problem. I grabbed a piece of lexan about 1ft sq. custom fit it to the hood and the fender and the fascia on the bottom of the windscreen (windshield for those not in the know). I left the lexan about 1/2" longer than the fascia and then attached the lexan to the with pop rivets to lexan right angle made from scrap, then to the fender (a small 1/8" hole in 2 places is all that is needed). After that I angle cut the Lexan shield to afford the wiper to move over it easily. Only thing I would have changed, bend a right angle on on side of the piece first, then notch the right angle in the needed places to afford curvature and make it as long a the wiper blade. YMMV, depending on your "Tool" skills. Sheetmetal working familiarity is a good thing. The better the fit to the hood and fender, the better it'll work. Even I went through 2 revisions, shoulda did a third, but I was gonna sell the car after the Winter, and did. If I'da kept it, I'da done a third revision with the right angle in the longer shield first. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* No matter how much Microsoft supporters whine about how Linux and other operating systems have just as many bugs as their operating systems do, the bottom line is that the serious, gut-wrenching problems happen on Windows, not on Linux, not on Mac OS. -- [link\|http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1622086,00.asp\|source] Here is an example: [link\|http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm001-ie/\|Executing arbitrary commands without Active Scripting or ActiveX when using Windows]
Post #188,124 by mmoffitt 12/24/04 8:44:47 PM Reply	Be a Real American - Buy a Hummer. bcnu, Mikem Eine Leute. Eine Welt. Ein F\ufffdhrer. (Just trying to be accepted in the New America)
Post #188,125 by daemon 12/24/04 8:52:40 PM Reply	20 bucks downtown, how much where you are? that way too many Iraqis conceived of free society as little more than a mosh pit with grenades. ANDISHEH NOURAEE clearwater highschool marching band [link\|http://www.chstornadoband.org/\|http://www.chstornadoband.org/]
Post #188,145 by mmoffitt 12/25/04 1:57:13 PM Reply	I've never had to pay ;-p bcnu, Mikem Eine Leute. Eine Welt. Ein F\ufffdhrer. (Just trying to be accepted in the New America)
Post #188,148 by daemon 12/25/04 2:34:28 PM Reply	Oh yea? how much did that car cost anyway :-) that way too many Iraqis conceived of free society as little more than a mosh pit with grenades. ANDISHEH NOURAEE clearwater highschool marching band [link\|http://www.chstornadoband.org/\|http://www.chstornadoband.org/]
Post #188,154 by mmoffitt 12/25/04 6:18:11 PM Reply	Mea Culpa. We always pay, in one form or another. What was I thinking? ;0) bcnu, Mikem Eine Leute. Eine Welt. Ein F\ufffdhrer. (Just trying to be accepted in the New America)
Post #188,158 by daemon 12/25/04 8:58:39 PM Reply	yup, as I stare at my bills :-) that way too many Iraqis conceived of free society as little more than a mosh pit with grenades. ANDISHEH NOURAEE clearwater highschool marching band [link\|http://www.chstornadoband.org/\|http://www.chstornadoband.org/]

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