VB will sell you a new one for around $15 if you would rather do that.
Just a thought. Mine got lost in the rebuild so that's what I had to do.
Jane '67 GT6
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> From: Thomas J Howard <thoward@sdcoe.k12.ca.us>
> To: Bollen <bollen@ibm.net>
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Discolored washer bottle
> Date: Monday, November 10, 1997 1:26 AM
>
> At 04:34 PM 11/9/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >I have the original Lucas washer bottle which has become very discolored
> >with age. I tried soaking overnight in bleach and Tide with zero effect.
> >Any lister found a solution to this problem? Thanks, Stu
> >-
> >( Screwing up a perfectly running TR6 ).
> >
>
> I do not believe there is a "solution." The plastic polymere chain
> changes over time, with heat and light. This can cause the color change.
> This is also responsible for the loss of flexibility.
>
> Sorry.
>
>
>
>
> Tom Howard
> Lakeside Union School District
> ('72 Triumph GT6, and a good bit of USA iron)
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