"AdverseMartyr" (ewilliamson)
10/09/2018 at 01:04 • Filed to: None
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"AdverseMartyr" (ewilliamson)
10/09/2018 at 01:04 • Filed to: None | 0
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So living in Okinawa I had the pleasure of experiencing two typhoons last week. The most enjoyable part of the experience is the insanely long lines for the automatic car washes after a typhoon. ( Personally, I have zero desire to sit in a line of cars blocking a busy street for 20- 30 minutes, but it seems like most Okinawans enjoy it.)
Anyway I skipped the long lines of people waiting to wash the salt/grime residue off, and used my wipers to clean the grime off the windshield so that I could see.
That’s when I noticed that the sprayers weren’t doing as great a job as they used to do, but still passable. Then they sort of died out the next time. Fair enough, I’d used them a lot recently. Yep, fluid was out. I filled it, and all was ok.
Until Yesterday. I had the opportunity to use a pressure washer to at least rinse the car off, and it sent new grime on the windshield. Cue the wiper fluid.
A little trickle came out that could not even reach the windshield. “Looks, like I need to fix that...”
My wife, “Can you fix it?”
“I dunno, I have to look and see.”
My wife, “Well, would a shop be able to fix it?”
... and there I go into a needless explanation of how I have to look and see where the problem might be, and how it could be multiple things, and I haven’t really been to an auto parts store here yet so I just do not know currently.
This morning I looked into the problem:
The lines under the hood rotted. So, easy fix with a trip to the parts store.
Nope, one place said they needed to order it; the other store just said they don’t have it. (This is most likely because I am a foreigner, and my Japanese is not up to the task of asking for generic tubing, and they want to give me OEM lines - which I do prefer, but a solution today is necessary).
Ok, fine, Subaru dealer then.
Nope... F@CK they’re closed for some reason.
I guess I’ll visit MakeMan, and see if they have some tubing.
Result.
Ugly, but the wiper fluid worked really well. Now, I just need to see how long it lasts. I’m worried that the heat from the engine will be a bit too much for it.
Svend
> AdverseMartyr
10/09/2018 at 04:33 |
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Hopefully it gives you sufficient time to order some OEM ones or find some generic ones to replace it with.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> AdverseMartyr
10/09/2018 at 04:45 |
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it’ll do for the time being i guess
SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
> AdverseMartyr
10/09/2018 at 06:34 |
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I’ve been using aquarium air hose for ‘quite some time’. Quarter inch pneumatic air line is also quite handy as well.
Still haven't found wiper blades that last longer than a year in semi-arid conditions...most annoying.
PartyPooper2012
> AdverseMartyr
10/09/2018 at 07:31 |
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#WifeQuestions
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AdverseMartyr
> Svend
10/09/2018 at 09:33 |
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That’s the main goal. I’m planning to stop into the Subaru dealer soon anyway. I recently received a recall notice for a fuel gauging component (sending unit maybe, my wife couldn’t quite translate that word) that is located in the roof of the Legacy. I guess it can stick, and show the car has a half-full tank until it only has an eighth of a tank or something.
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AdverseMartyr
> SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
10/09/2018 at 09:35 |
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I considered air line, but this was a little cheaper per meter.
smobgirl
> AdverseMartyr
10/09/2018 at 09:54 |
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I can’t imagine the translation issues this brought up. I sold my old ran-when-parked Civic to a neighbor who only speaks Spanish. I know some Spanish, but not the right words to explain what had already been fixed/replaced on the car. Lots of pointing at things and thumbs up/thumbs down ensued.
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Svend
> AdverseMartyr
10/09/2018 at 11:04 |
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I know how you feel though a Polish friend had a bulb out and seeing a car place nearby tried asking for a bulb for an R reg (I think it was a 1993) Audi A4. Turns out there was a period where the light bulb changed from a single filament to a double filament bulb so trying to convey that from myself an English person with little to no Polish, to three Polish with absolutely no English was quite a mission, but I got there and got the right bulb.