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irish44j
irish44j PowerDork
1/12/15 5:31 p.m.

With the e30 hood now off the hinges and just with pins, I need to rig up a new way to mount the sprayers (for rallycross, I still need to use them frequently). There are inelegant ways to mount them (on a raised platform on the sill just in front of the windshield, so they clear the wipers when spraying), and other ways (stock location but with a quick-connect for the hoses that I'll be sure to forget to connect when putting the hood on).

So was thinking of rigging up something like some cars that have them actually on the wipers. I could just ziptie the hoses to the wipers and call it a day, but was thinking of cars that have this setup stock and what kind of nozzle they use to release the fluid in a spray pattern there - as well as what kind of hose is used that isn't going to kink/break going back and forth a thousand times in a rainstorm.

So....what cars that I might find at a junkyard have a system like this? I don't think anything I've ever owned has it, but I know I've seen them. Learn me!

rcutclif
rcutclif HalfDork
1/12/15 5:39 p.m.

Jeep cherokees on the rear wiper I think. might be only the older cherokees.

Also, my 1984 f250 has (I'm not looking at it right now, so this is only if I remember right) a nozzle mounted to the cowl area right below the windshield but not on the hood. Could you mount one there?

dropstep
dropstep Reader
1/12/15 5:40 p.m.

chevys fullsize trucks late 90's early 00's have it, its the only system ive personally worked on and it just used regular hose fed into holders in the arms and slid on the sprayers.

irish44j
irish44j PowerDork
1/12/15 5:42 p.m.
rcutclif wrote: Jeep cherokees on the rear wiper I think. might be only the older cherokees. Also, my 1984 f250 has (I'm not looking at it right now, so this is only if I remember right) a nozzle mounted to the cowl area right below the windshield but not on the hood. Could you mount one there?

yeah, the cowl area was what I was referring to in the original post. But the problem is that a sprayer there is going to be spraying directly into the wiper arm unless I put it up on some kind of "platform" to sit it up higher. That's the fallback plan, but it won't look all that beautiful so I'd rather look into other options first.

irish44j
irish44j PowerDork
1/12/15 5:45 p.m.
dropstep wrote: chevys fullsize trucks late 90's early 00's have it, its the only system ive personally worked on and it just used regular hose fed into holders in the arms and slid on the sprayers.

this sounds like a plan. I'd guess the sprayers are shaped to fit, so will have to be on the lookout for them.

irish44j
irish44j PowerDork
1/12/15 5:51 p.m.

looks like 80s and 90s Camaros had them too.

clutchsmoke
clutchsmoke Dork
1/12/15 5:54 p.m.

C5 Corvette has them.

slowride
slowride Reader
1/12/15 5:57 p.m.

last gen Buick Regals had this (mine was a 2001). Maybe other W bodies too?

Knurled
Knurled GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
1/12/15 6:00 p.m.

A lto of Chevy trucks and NS Caravans had them.

irish44j
irish44j PowerDork
1/12/15 6:00 p.m.

sounds like I'm gonna be in good shape basically looking for any 80s-90s GM. Now I'm wondering if they maybe just have the nozzles at the autoparts store in the "Dorman HELP!" section, lol.

jimbbski
jimbbski HalfDork
1/12/15 6:06 p.m.

FYI, not sure it this helps but my 1988 E250 van has washer nozzles on the wiper arm.

moparman76_69
moparman76_69 SuperDork
1/12/15 6:09 p.m.

98 cutlass (Malibu) has them

G_Body_Man
G_Body_Man Reader
1/12/15 6:09 p.m.

The arm-mounts work pretty well. They're cheap enough new that you don't need to go to the junkyard.

irish44j
irish44j PowerDork
1/12/15 6:12 p.m.

sounds good. Now that I know what they come on, shouldn't be hard to order for cheap. Thanks people.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
1/12/15 6:15 p.m.

GM B Bodies had them.

NGTD
NGTD SuperDork
1/12/15 6:19 p.m.

I think you hit it, most 90's GM's had them.

I had a 93 Grand Am and it had them. The Grand Am body style was new in 92.

They work well too. Mine would occasionally get water in them and then if it turned cold they would freeze up. You just popped them off the arm and held them in your hand for a minute or so and they would thaw.

cwh
cwh PowerDork
1/12/15 7:09 p.m.

My '11 Sonata has them and I USE them!

SyntheticBlinkerFluid
SyntheticBlinkerFluid PowerDork
1/12/15 7:10 p.m.

Any GM van made in the last 20 years.

Woody
Woody GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
1/12/15 7:15 p.m.

I think 80's Lincolns had them.

nepa03focus
nepa03focus HalfDork
1/12/15 7:18 p.m.

Just wanted to confirm what everyone else was saying, my 95 Pontiac Grand prix had them

irish44j
irish44j PowerDork
1/12/15 7:20 p.m.

now....who has some for me?

Javelin
Javelin GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
1/12/15 7:25 p.m.
irish44j wrote: now....who has some for me?

97-05 W-Body GM arms: NAPA NOE line code, PN 819-5943 driver's side $27.55, PN 819-7206 passenger's side $22.35.

I have them on the shelf.

irish44j
irish44j PowerDork
1/12/15 7:33 p.m.
Javelin wrote:
irish44j wrote: now....who has some for me?
97-05 W-Body GM arms: NAPA NOE line code, PN 819-5943 driver's side $27.55, PN 819-7206 passenger's side $22.35. I have them on the shelf.

lol.....Yeah, I know how to use Amazon.com and rockauto already, but $50 for sprayers that are probably on 100 cars at the local pick-n-pull....I think I'll just go to the pick-n-pull

Javelin
Javelin GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
1/12/15 7:54 p.m.

In reply to irish44j:

The ones for the 96- W-Bodies were like $22/$21. I imagine if you get the full breakdown of what had them you could find some more popular ones for around $14-$17 each.

Or you could zippy-tie some windshield washer hose up your current arms...

irish44j
irish44j PowerDork
1/12/15 8:24 p.m.

Looks like Josh S. is going to pick-n-pull anyhow this weekend, so he said he'd pull me a few sets of whatever he found. Never a shortage of old American cars at the yard!

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