Thread: Operation Ralph!

Ended up fitting some door gasket for the door tops today, at least it should slow down the water ingress so the holes in the floor can get it away faster than it comes in . I lost a bloody wiper arm today, damn things were supplied by a local,they didnt fit, i had to modified them to fit after they wouldnt return calls and emails after promising to rectify, now the passenger side unit went for a skid down the road somewhere this morning. This time I will get some from the UK
at a fraction of the cost this set cost. I need something else i thought of the other day but ill be stuffed
If i can remember what!! Oh well, hopefully it doesnt rain on swmbo,s side of the car this weekend

Did you lose the whole arm or just the blade?
I had a similar problem with new type blades on my S3 when it threw a blade onto the road, in the rain of course!
Apparently you are supposed to modify the arm, really annoying if you don't know
Regards
Phil

Originally Posted by Phil B

Did you lose the whole arm or just the blade?
I had a similar problem with new type blades on my S3 when it threw a blade onto the road, in the rain of course!
Apparently you are supposed to modify the arm, really annoying if you don't know
Regards
Phil

I lost the whole thing Phil. Didn't even see or hear it escape. I found a set today on Paddocks site for about 10 quid but I need some other stuff so it should be worthwhile to get them out here. I had to modify the arm by shortening it and re-riveting it to the spline arm as they crossed the split in the screen by about 40 mm.
Regards Ian

When I got new wiper blades (before I decided to pull it apart) I had to shorten mine too. They work/worked a treat, but haven't fallen off yet

Tex instruments in the UK is really good for lovely stainless steel arms and blades.

I got mine from gary at clr 4wd parts from ebay Ph. 02 47542642 or mob 0412663751. fitted perfectly with no mods at all.

Cheers Rod

Thanks for the tips guys. Got some new ones on the way. Had a fun time on the trip on the weekend, Ralph developed a fuel starvation problem, at first we thought it was the sediment filter as we bypassed it and it went away but came back an hour or so later. This time we blew the fuel back into the tank and it was good from there on, so it looks like I have some crud in the bottom of the tank. Got to Aratula for a coffee on Sunday morning, pulled out and heard a noise under the bonnet. Turns out the water pump seal has let go. Dumped some bars leak into it, topped it up and had to stop every 15 mins to check and top up. Cruised home at 50 mph but it only seems to leak when I am stopped, I assume the tension when the motor is revving closes up the leak. Looks like I have another job to do this weekend now. The list just keeps growing. Going down Condamine river rd, luckily I was in front as it was a mission to try and stop Ralph after the 2nd crossing (out of 14 crossings) with a gut full of water in the drums, the wife got air a few times in the front seat which was fun to see the look on her face.
Cheers Ian

Standard procedure with drum brakes in water is to apply the brakes for a short while immediately after exiting the crossing to dry the drums out. Some people enter the water with slight pressure on the brakes as well but I have never seen any great reason for this last approach.
Regards
Glen