Camry windscreen washers blocked – still problems

The black gunk or Biofilm is still giving me problems. The proper fix is to remove the washer fluid reservoir and give it a thorough cleaning but…that involves jacking up and removing the drivers side wheel then removing the mudguard cover to gain access to remove the reservoir!

Decided to try a sort of cyclic flush out to avoid the above.

In the last post related to this I mentioned that the passenger nozzle jets clogged up again – just when I thought I was done. Removed the nozzle from the bonnet as shown to check and yeah…clogged with black gunk again.
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Camry windscreen washers blocked – 2

The actual jets are clear, turns out both nozzles are internally blocked ??? and I have worked out the likely chain of events. Car was loaned to a family member and during the loan period the washer reservoir ran out of water. Water was added and I presume the washers still would not work cos when I went to use them the other day – nothing.

Ordered a set which promptly arrived.
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Replacement battery for Betty

Betty is our Garmin nuvi 2597LMT GPS that we bought off our older daughter a few years ago. The battery has been showing signs of dying so got a replacement one off eBay for less than $15 dollars. Battery arrived weeks ago and been sitting on the balcony computer desk and when I finally got around to doing the job could not find the bloody thing.

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Tiny Torx screws !…do I have bits that small? Took a while to remember that we bought something like a precision bit set from a walkway trader at Chinatown (The Glen) – found it in the workshop.

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JY018 Pocket Drone – spare props

Downed drone update – 70th birthday present which is now over a month ago and still not flown the bloody thing! Been waiting on the eBay spare order – 10 packets (4 per pack)

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Drone comes with a spare prop set including a little remove/install tool. Note that all four props are different; A1-A2 and B1-B2. Interesting that the B2 prop kept coming off and in the end got lost. OK…fitted the spare B2 prop to have another go and again crashed, lost that one as well – bugger. Continue reading “JY018 Pocket Drone – spare props”