Surrey Newbie...honest I didn't steal it...

[Mad Max]

Being from the one time car theft capital of canada I thought I better clarify the origin of my Deli. Thanks to your website (been lurking for over a year, learning and investigating) Through your site I found out about CVI's recent open house and stopped by to chat with a bunch of current owners of Delica's. Great fun, great people. My thanks to everyone there who so willing shared their experiences and to the CVI staff for their advice and perspective.

While at CVI I was referred to several dealerships locally and eventually bought my Delica from Maximum Overdrive. It is a green and Champagne colored Super Exceed with a little body damage obtained while unloading from the container. Felt bad for the Maximum Overdrive folks but they gave me good consideration on the price and a buddy and I will fix it ourselves so it all worked out in the end. I talked to quite a number of dealers and Maximum Overdrive had the unit I wanted and a good price to match.

Now that I am officially in position to beg entry into the Delica cult/family I have appreciated even more all the little tips around things like where in the heck is the windshield washer resevoiur(s) and how do you clear clogged washer fluid lines, downloaded the manuals (thank goodness my business has a high speed laser printer yikes!), and hints on how to deal with installing a new stereo.

My userid comes from that feeling while driving in traffic that I'm riding in something from a Mad Max movie...awesome feeling! Looking forward to getting back to more canoeing, cross country skiing and some of the other things that escaped me and the missus while our kids were growing up.

Thanks again for being so sharing of your experiences. I feel very realistically prepared for Deli ownership and all that it will likely entail.

looking forward to learning and eventually adding to the sharing.
Take care,
Dave

[FalcoColumbarius]

Congratulations on your new ride, Dave ~ and welcome to Delica Canada .

Falco.

[Delicanadabc]

I think you will be happy with that van. Good luck!

[Golf Cart]

Congrats and welcome Dave..........................Now where is my bike ?

[Erebus]

Welcome to the forum and the Delica universe.

Windshield washer fluid reservoir is by the passenger's left foot. Pull straight rearward to remove, or just fill in position. It takes major pull to remove.

Also consider rear washer issues. See my post from way back ...
http://www.delica.ca/forum/rear-window- ... -2085.html

[Mad Max]

Thanks I did a search when I was tackling this issue and found your previous post, very helpfu. Any tips on how to clear them once the actual lines themselves get clogged with (I'm assuming algae) or whatever was in the tank?

[Erebus]

Any tips on how to clear them once the actual lines themselves get clogged with (I'm assuming algae) or whatever was in the tank?

The weird thing is that it must have been the algae freezing rather than physically clogging the lines. Or the clogging bits dropped back down into the reservoir Because once I cleaned the reservoir, it has been fine.

But someone else had problems with front washer being clogged. It was fixed by blowing air INTO the outlet to blow the dirt from the tiny nozzle back into the reservoir where it could be dumped. Lots of people suggested it. Try a search, see if you find it. Remember that a search term has to be 4 characters or more, 3 or less doesn't work.