Re: [ihc] Wiper motor rate control, engine question

[Dan Nees <cookiedan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I can't believe I'm going to post something SUPPORTING Ryan, but; I
spent the last year wiperless in My Scout and had good results with the
Rain-X Gel. As Ryan said, it does a good job clearing away the rain,
even going slow, if it is fresh enough. The challenge is applying it
frequently enough. Also, the key is surface preparation. You must clean
the window thoroughly before application. The only problem I had was in
a sleety, driving rain I got ice accumulation acrossed the top of the
windshield that would build DOWN the windshield into the line of sight
till it finally got to heavy under it's own weight and fly off. I
couldn't do anything to get rid of the ice without the wipers. Also, the
other problem was, the State of NJ didn't like my "but, it's got Rain-X
on it" line at Inspection time when my wipers wouldn't work. 
On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 18:50, John Hofstetter wrote:
> On Dec 7, 2004, at 3:42 PM, Ryan Moore wrote:
> 
> > I'm afraid that if I tried to change the wiper motor, the windshield 
> > frame
> > would fall apart, so I'm leaving it for now.  With rain-x it's never an
> > issue.  I drove through the remnants of Ivan and never had a problem 
> > with
> > visibility, even in torrential rains and no wipers.
> 
> I found your post interesting, Ryan. I've tried the Rain-X a couple of 
> times and it's been terrible for me. It didn't do any good with the 
> rain, and it made the wipers work exceedingly terrible.
> 
> Then my youngest son told me that the washer fluid with the Rain-X in 
> it was THE answer, but I liked it even less.
> 
> Different wiper strokes for different folks.  <g>
> 
> John
> 
> John Hofstetter
> Ol' Saline
> www.goldrush.com/~hofs
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Dan Nees
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