And, I’m told the early bus had a squeeze ball to squirt on the windshield. 

        Sort of fun but, I do like the Vanagon system! 

        I do remember using a bike pump to pressure the squirters in my bay windows.  I sort of remember it was in front of the passenger feet.  The cover on the bottle, is I think, the same one on the rear of the vanagon for the back hatch wiper. 

Very fun when I find a bay window item like that on my vanagon.

Eric Caron 

> On Sep 2, 2024, at 11:32 AM, Mark McCulley <mark@MARKMCCULLEY.COM> wrote:
> 
> It's nice to have working windshield washers. My previous van, a '74, had no pump for the washers, had to pressurize the reservoir with air pressure. Needless to say they never worked. Working windshield washers and cabin heat were two of the big improvements that came with the Vanagon.
> 
> -Mark
> 
> 
>> On Sep 1, 2024, at 1:12 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi folks,
>> 
>> Thanks to Jim and others that recommended hot water for softening a boot or other item.
>> 
>> I had fixed my window squirters, but a day later not working again. 
>> 
>>       I dropped the reservoir again and found hose was kinked at the pump again.  I was staring to run out of hose..  and, the hose was a bit hard to get on to the pump.
>> 
>> I went to the auto parts store and purchased an elbow for the hose and added a spare piece of hose I had.  I was able to easily get the hose on the pump and elbow this time as I softened with  hot water in a coffee cup. 
>> 
>> The elbow both changed the direction of the hose and allowed me to add some hose.  The squirters now work better than they have for years.  And two days later still working.
>> 
>> So, these tips are very helpful.
>> 
>> Eric Caron 
>> 84 and 85 Westfalia.