Anco wiper blades called a CR best buy

Castrol (use the oil as well). Changes as per the manual.

 

I cannot experience your "facts".

If the transmission is shifting optimally, then it is performing
optimally. There is, after all, not much else for it to do.

I have found them from Castrol, but finding them from the Z1 has
proven to be quite difficult.

 

don't bother with my data - google this group and see how many times
this subject arises, how many times people complain of harsh shifting,
and how many times the cure is reversion to honda atf.

i guess you're invested in that position now! but if you've only done
drain and fill once, you're still about 70% honda atf.

surprise.

 

Why change the subject and assume that I used some type of shortcut and that
is why I had no issues with non-Honda ATF?

Maybe it might have something to do with the mileage on the transmission and
the year of the car itself. As you stated, the '01 Accord EX tranny has
electronic means to assist in the shifting, and I'm sure my '04 Accord EX
and '02 Civic EX would have the same or similar hardware. As well, none of
them have over 80k miles on them, and I have had no issues with any of them
shifting. As far as the older Honda's I have owned over the years, they
have not had automatic transmissions.

As for as an "investment" in a position, that in itself is another matter of
opinion. It is a shame that you have to feel as if any position has to be
some sort of an investment as opposed to an open exchange of ideas.

Not really. It was what I expected.

 

i'm not changing the subject. and drain-and-fill is honda factory
procedure. if you do that, you'll only change 30-odd percent of the
fluid each time. hence you may not have "contaminated" the fluid
sufficiently to have an adverse effect.

it's not electronic assist, it's electronic control. different things.
the actuators are still hydraulic.

at only 80k miles, you shouldn't be changing the fluid anyway!

someone is "invested" in their position is they stick to it, regardless
of contrary fact. you are indeed invested.

me too. but i wasn't making assertions that i could find the data like
you were!

 

It is obvious that your prejudices and your afinity to be right no matter
what has affected your abilities to have any useful discussions. As such, I
refuse to continue this discussion to the point that it degenerates into a
typical usenet flamewar that will eventually have Godwin's law apply.

Let's just say we agree to disagree and leave it at that. If you chose to
continue the conversation, you may do so with yourself.

 

Symantics.[/QUOTE]

no, Symantec is a company.

What you meant was "semantics".

 

no, Symantec is a company.

What you meant was "semantics".[/QUOTE]

Haha. Hylarious.

 

no, control and assistance are very different things. the vacuum servo
on your brakes assists, your foot controls.

eh? i'm seeking the facts - that's not a "prejudice" thing. i'd love
to use cheapo after-market atf on my honda, but experience has taught me
that it gives inferior results - for the reasons explained above so many
times.

i don't see how you can reasonably object to getting facts straight
unless you're either somehow emotionally invested in something that's
not a fact or you think i'm bullshitting you.

 

no, Symantec is a company.

What you meant was "semantics".[/QUOTE]

I stand corrected. I must have had something else on my mind...!

 

hehehehe

maybe he has a virus!

hehehehe

 

Odd that even silicone blades will hold up 15 years in the PHX sun. Your
vehicle must not sit outside like mine here in Tejas, and you certainly
don't use them as much as our 40+ inches of rain requires.

I was happy to keep my OEM silicone blades in place for 5 years until I
noticed the micro-abrasions in the windshield being caused by accumulated
particles embedded in the old blades. So, now I replace the blades every 18
months, and hope something breaks the windshield to justify getting a new
one without the micro streaks, which are obtrusive driving at night.

Vic

 

Um, Oooooooops! There's a reason for the annual changes...

Get some glass buffing compound and you might be able to polish
those scratches out. It's made of Cerium Oxide or some really fine
abrasive in a carrier paste, and you use a powered pad buffer and a
brand new pad.

It's probably cheaper to buy the buffer and the compound once (and
stop following gravel trucks that close!) than to pay a lot more every
year for low-deductible glass coverage on your car insurance.

--<< Bruce >>--

 

A good reason to clean your wiper blades when you wash the car. You
do wash the car don't you? hehehhe

Jack

 

Which blades that are silicone based are worth buying?

 

You must live in east TX as we have barely received 12" in Austin this
year. <g>

That said, I too find that frequent replacements the best solution. And
even when they have hardly been used, replace 'em on time anyway.

That goes for my Hondas and ancient Studebakers equally.

JT

 

hey JT, have you found an acceptable replacement for the 12" blades on
the earlier cars? Besides the expen$ive Corvette repro rubber that is.

nate

 

TheI park outside almost all the time, but Phoenix gets only about 6"
of rain a year.

 

Nate, I just want to thank you for your recommendation of the PIAA blades.
They do, in fact, fit nicely on the BMW even though the PIAA book says
they don't make one for that year and model. I am amazed at how much more
effective they are than the Bosch and Anco blades, especially when it first
begins to rain.
--scott

 

There's an inexpensive solution you can use as long as the arms are
in good shape and you only need the insert. I do this all the time on
wagons and hatches with rear wipers that take a 9" or 10" or 12"
refill - my LandCruiser still has the factory wiper refill. (Well,
part of it.)

Take off your wiper and go in the store, find a cheap regular refill
where the rubber has the right profile and holder width. Then buy the
15" refill pair, take it apart, cut the rubber down to the 10" or 12"
you need, and slide it into the old holder.

If you carefully flex and pop the old insert out in the middle and
slide the ends toward the middle to get them loose, and install the
new rubber the same way, you won't mess up the old metal holder ring.

And if you have several cars and need three or four 8" refills, see
if you can get one package of 17" or 18" blades and do both with one.

"Don't raise the drawbridge, Lower the river!"

--<< Bruce >>--