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

[Dan Nees <cookiedan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Never got more than a month out of an application, but; then I put 3000
miles a month on the truck. That's alot of air, dirt, and water flowing
over that glass. Haven't applied it to the Travelall as yet, I get
intimidated by that giant windshield... :-)
On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 19:57, Ryan Moore wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dan Nees" <cookiedan@domain.elided>
> To: "John Hofstetter" <hofs@domain.elided>
> Cc: "Ryan Moore" <baradium@domain.elided>; "Steven Stegmann"
> <steve.stegmann@domain.elided>; "David Bongo" <dbongo@domain.elided>; "ihc
> digest" <ihc@domain.elided>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 18:15
> Subject: Re: [ihc] Wiper motor rate control, engine question
> 
> 
> > I can't believe I'm going to post something SUPPORTING Ryan, but; I
> 
> AFAIK, you support me more often than not.  How's that for a shocker?  ;)
> 
> > 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
> 
> I use the liquid spray.   Havn't used the gel, although the girl at the
> parts store said that it didn't work as well as the spray for her.   The
> spray works great for me, so I wasn't worried.
> 
> how often do you have to apply the gel?  If I apply it *right* and don't
> skimp at all, I can go a few months at a time with the liquid spray.   It
> does start to wear out eventually, but it takes awhile to start and I've
> always had plenty of notice to put fresh on.
> 
> > 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.
> 
> I can see the inspector now... ;)
> 
> The "inspection" for the diesel involved the lady looking at the vin plate.
> As a 1980 or older vehicle it doesn't need another inspection ever as long
> as it remains in GA.
> 
> Do you have onboard air?   Some of the more modern airliners use compressed
> air jets to clean the windscreens of water...
> 
> -Ryan
> 
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Dan Nees
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