camelbac etc. water bladders tip (non klr)

[Eddie]

Hi All, I have never pulled the engine cover to check the doo hickey spring; I know that the previous owner replaced the doo hickey, so, here is my question; "If one pulls the engine cover (lower left side) is the doo hickey spring visible or does one have to pull other parts?" All of the reading that I have done says that the spring is not visible just by pulling the engine cover? Eddie

[Desert Datsuns]

The new style torsion doohicky spring would be easily visible by just pulling the first front cover off. The old style spring is kind of buried underneath. You can still see it, but it's not as obvious. I don't know how you'd tell if it was the replacement old style spring though. The older sets used to come with a regular style spring. They aren't necessarily bad, but I don't know how you'd differentiate between that and the original. FWIW you *can* get the old style spring out without removing the second cover, using some angled needle nose pliers. Ryan Phoenix, AZ eddie wrote:

> > > Hi All, > > I have never pulled the engine cover to check the doo hickey spring; I > know that the previous owner replaced the doo hickey, so, here is my > question; "If one pulls the engine cover (lower left side) is the doo > hickey spring visible or does one have to pull other parts?" > > All of the reading that I have done says that the spring is not visible > just by pulling the engine cover? > > Eddie > > > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com http://www.avg.com> > Version: 2012.0.2242 / Virus Database: 3204/5971 - Release Date: 07/07/13 >

[mark ward]

You SHOULD clean AND DRY them on a regular basis. DRYING, to insure mildew or just plain stagnant water, from drops inside don't at the least ruin the taste, if not get you sick. (Diarrhea) To Dry the TUBE it is suggest, and many do, REMOVE THE MOUTH PIECE. The TIP: after removing a few times the hose gets loose at the end so many just Cut it off. INSTEAD, Dip the end in boiling water, about 10 seconds, It Will REFORM. As soon as you take it out, Shake it well to get out the water you just dipped it in, In about a minute in will be dry, yet still a little warm, you can now reinsert the mouth piece with a GOOD TIGHT FIT. NO CUTTING NEEDED. (OR replacing hose after 20+ cuts.) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Ian Francisco]

There are two covers that need to come off to inspect or replace the spring. If an adjustment is needed and the original non-torsion type spring has room left to contract then basically all that is needed is to loosen and tighten the bolt under the rubber plug. There is lots of info re the "doo" if you do a bit of searching. -- Ian Francisco http://www.scarletfuries.com http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Scarlet-Furies/121218125931 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]