[TR] Tr3a wiper blades

[Art McEwen]

Thanks Geo & Randall

On Apr 21, 2018, at 9:56 PM, Geo Hahn <ahwahneetr at gmail.com> wrote:

>>  ...is my wiper arm non-standard...
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> Looks that way to me Art.
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> The blades on my TR3A are like the one on the left (that TRF sent).  The arms on mine do not have that slide-in button connection but rather hook into the fitting on the blades.  What you have (on the car and the right hand blade) looks more like TR4 parts to me.
> 
> BTW - The blades on my TR3A are 8" long.
> 
> Geo
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>> On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 10:23 AM, Art McEwen <amcewen2 at cogeco.ca> wrote:
>> I admit modern universal wiper blades are sometimes a puzzle to install but I didn't think a TRF blade.
>> 
>> The longer one is the new one which appears too long and doesn't have an open end in the connector for the bayonet end of the arm (see pic)
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>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/j8unm0dxlzaxuao/IMG_0781.JPG?dl=0
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>> Last time (10 years ago?) I drilled out the pin and transferred the old connector to the new blade (and took a tin snip to the blade to shorten it).
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>> So did TRF send me the wrong part twice, is my wiper arm non-standard or am I missing something basic?
>> 
>> Art ts64989lo
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