Today's min-projects: Degrease the windshield and repair the leaky washer fluid reservoir.
Nothing to show for the windshield. Just a build up of road oils and whatnot. Spray down with degreaser. Rub it in. Let it sit. Rinse it off. Duh-un.
Here's the crack in the washer reservoir, and the rust it's caused to the retaining clip:
It's the curved line above said clip. Looks almost like a casting ridge, but it's not.
I ground it down a bit, mainly to get to clean plastic for proper adhesion.
Then I filled it, with...with...my frickin' hot glue gun of all things!
Normally, I'd say that's a terrible idea. Stuff never adheres worth poop. Doesn't get in to the cracks and crevices well.
So I hit it with my mini butane torch and
really melted the stuff, which helped it
flow. Smoothed it out as a consequence. Probably got it hot enough to allow it to actually bond with the other plastic, assuming it can.
Not much to look at.
But look, no leak!
We'll see how it stands the test of time.
Ok, so it's not that thrilling. But now my washer reservoir holds more than half a litre. Yay?
