Re-Aiming WIndshield Squirters

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2nd-Gen 4Runner/3rd-Gen Pickup Tech..

So, since the last freezer we had here this winter my passenger side squirter got somehow rotated a bit counterclockwise so the squirter's now are doing this..

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I pulled the hose and the nozzle to clean it all up, put a little bit of tri flow around the metal part of the nozzle where the holes are and used a micro-pliar to try to twist it back into position to no avail..

If you have a quick cure or trick for this let me know, if not no big, I'll just grab a spare from ToyConnection this week. *
 
I always just used a pushpin, takes some fiddling with, but it did the job.

For a fun diversion, redirect the jet for the rear wiper so it shoots straight back. Next time you get a tailgater, give it a few squirts, they'll back right off.

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Toothpicks, point the nozzles so the picks are looking square at you in the driver's seat. Worked pretty well with my dad's old 290D.
 
I know it worked for you, but I wouldn't advise it... if it breaks off in the nozzle, you're up the creek without a paddle! What is safe and works is a very fine piece of hanging wire or a safety pin... whatever that will fit inside the nozzle without messing it up :)
 
I'd already tried all of the above, excluding the toothpick trick, Corey from toyotafiberglass suggested a surgical needle and silicone spray. I'm gonna try to warm it up with a hair dryer and try the pliars and spray along with some #5 sewing needles. FWIW micro plairs are for surgery, they're the one's they use when stitching up veins and arteries, high grade steel ftw!

KLF said:
For a fun diversion, redirect the jet for the rear wiper so it shoots straight back. Next time you get a tailgater, give it a few squirts, they'll back right off.
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Had that done with my '80 Celica GT, funny enough nobody tries it with the Runner, must be the armor b/c the last guy that tried it and kept creeping at a stop sign freaked when I put the trans in reverse, so the backups lit up and gunned the gas. Dude must've not known I had a clutch and a loud exhaust (had it still depressed) and all 4 of us in the Runner had a great laugh at him looking like he was s***ting his pants in his little pos Accura while laying on his horn yelling for me to "STOP!".

[EDIT] The silicone spray was the trick. :D Got them evened out and while doing so apparently popped the ball back in (reason again being is the system froze up in the winter). Then all I had to do was hit the squirter to check the evenness and then go back and fiddle a little with the height.

Done and Done. :D
 
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NorCalBorn said:
...the last guy that tried it and kept creeping at a stop sign freaked when I put the trans in reverse, so the backups lit up and gunned the gas. Dude must've not known I had a clutch and a loud exhaust (had it still depressed) and all 4 of us in the Runner had a great laugh at him looking like he was s***ting his pants in his little pos Accura while laying on his horn yelling for me to "STOP!"....
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That's awesome!
 
TheMAN said:
I know it worked for you, but I wouldn't advise it... if it breaks off in the nozzle, you're up the creek without a paddle! What is safe and works is a very fine piece of hanging wire or a safety pin... whatever that will fit inside the nozzle without messing it up :)
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We actually moved the base of the sprayer, the toothpicks were just to give us a target so we could see what we were aiming at.

These were silicon-impregnated Bosch units, and they turned like buttah!:beer:

NorCalBorn said:
Oddly enough that's exactly what Sara said also. I looked and while dancing said "What am I, unh huh, unh huh??" and that's what she came up with. :lol:
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A conspiracy huh? Nice!
 
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