Wiper tube plastic clippy thing
Wiper tube plastic clippy thing
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FlipFlopGriff

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7,144 posts

276 months

Friday 20th August 2004
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One of ours has broken as it kept coming out of the hole in the wiper arm. The tube onow sticks some way off the arm and looks crap.
I know these will be freely available at minimal cost but does anyone know what they are or where to start looking.
Cheers all.
FFG

Griffski

362 posts

277 months

Friday 20th August 2004
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FlipFlopGriff said:
One of ours has broken as it kept coming out of the hole in the wiper arm. The tube onow sticks some way off the arm and looks crap.
I know these will be freely available at minimal cost but does anyone know what they are or where to start looking.
Cheers all.
FFG


I tried but failed to source this part. In the end I bought a complete assembly, in fact I bought two coz one would have been odd.....

wildeep

362 posts

278 months

Saturday 21st August 2004
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They look exactly the same as the ones on the wiper arm of a citroen BX, worth asking at a citroen dealer if you have one local.

jon h

863 posts

313 months

Monday 23rd August 2004
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If you mean the clips that holds the thin u-shaped tube onto the wiper arm, I have just upgraded to a leven product that does away with this and looks and performs much better. It was £13.50 for the kit. As a result of this, I chucked the old assembly in the bin at the weekend. I will try to remember to fish it out tonight and you are welcome to the clips!

Jon H

FlipFlopGriff

Original Poster:

7,144 posts

276 months

Monday 23rd August 2004
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Cheers Jon.
FFG

N17 TVR

2,937 posts

300 months

Monday 23rd August 2004
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FFG (& others) I would highly recommend the Leven kit. As Jon says it is much neater than the original setup and IMHO much more effective.

seasider

12,728 posts

278 months

Monday 23rd August 2004
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N17 TVR said:
FFG (& others) I would highly recommend the Leven kit. As Jon says it is much neater than the original setup and IMHO much more effective.


It must also be very very easy to fit....

FlipFlopGriff

Original Poster:

7,144 posts

276 months

Monday 23rd August 2004
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The spread of water on the existing set up is great. I guess I should upgrade but haven't fitted the pedals yet (had since PF' 04) so I should do one job at a time.
Thanks for all the assistance.
FFG

seasider

12,728 posts

278 months

Monday 23rd August 2004
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I also dont have a problem with the existing set up...

Seen a alot of chimps with the leven thing.

Maybe something to do with owners habits & bad eyesight

N17 TVR

2,937 posts

300 months

Monday 23rd August 2004
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seasider said:

It must also be very very easy to fit....


That is also true, I know my limits.

FFG, the main reason I upgraded mine was that it never quite recovered from being savaged by a Fox.

However, I still think the Leven offering is an improvement on the original.

FlipFlopGriff

Original Poster:

7,144 posts

276 months

Tuesday 24th August 2004
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I have spoken to Simon from Leven about the upgrade and I will get around to it honest. Higher priorities at the moment.
FFG

jon h

863 posts

313 months

Tuesday 24th August 2004
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FFG

I have now retreived the pipes & clips from the bin. Send me your address and I will pop them in the post.

Cheers

Jon H

heliox

450 posts

291 months

Sunday 29th August 2004
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N17 TVR said:

[quote=seasider]
It must also be very very easy to fit....



That is also true, I know my limits.

FFG, the main reason I upgraded mine was that it never quite recovered from being savaged by a Fox.

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Im sorry mate but I cant help rolling around with the thought of that since you told me about it, every time I see a fox on tv I think of the mauling your car got that morning.

regards

h

N17 TVR

2,937 posts

300 months

Tuesday 31st August 2004
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Hi h, hope you are well mate, long time no see.

No further fox problems since then I'm happy to report.

jam1et

1,536 posts

281 months

Thursday 2nd September 2004
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I cant see any wiper products on Leven's website. Can someone please tell me a bit more about it. What does it have to spray water in place of the original tubes?

Northern_Paul

328 posts

267 months

Thursday 2nd September 2004
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3 brass nozzles imbedded in a plastic block - give them a bell they will be only to happy to help.

jam1et

1,536 posts

281 months

Thursday 2nd September 2004
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Cheers Paul. Sounds ideal. Never knew thay made such an item. My clips (as previously discussed) have also both busted, been meaning to get it sorted for ages. Also the holes in the tubes point in all sorts of weird directions - I usually end up squirting oncoming cyclists.

Edited to add thats it ordered and on its way. I presume fitting - like all leven products - is a doddle?

>> Edited by jam1et on Thursday 2nd September 14:33

Northern_Paul

328 posts

267 months

Thursday 2nd September 2004
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The kit comes with full instructions and a bottle of superglue (which comes in handy for many other jobs), and is a doddle to fit.

It would be handy if they also enclosed black straight thro' pipe joints as early Griffs don't have a connector and the pipe needs to be cut and joined (at least mine didn't), I had to fit some ugly white 90 degree connectors from Halfrauds until I find the proper ones.

jam1et

1,536 posts

281 months

Thursday 2nd September 2004
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Haha. You read my mind. You posted that just as I was editing my post. I better get looking for some pipe connectors then......

>> Edited by jam1et on Thursday 2nd September 14:35

jam1et

1,536 posts

281 months

Friday 3rd September 2004
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Kit arrived to today - prompt service from Leven as always - looks much more effective than the present sprinkler system.