Blue tint on filler of windshield washer bottle Options

[TonyA]

So on my windshield washer bottle the neck has a blue tint to it. All of my cars which are all 74 LE cars have a blue tint to the neck. I got a deduction at lake placid for having this blue tint. Was this an original feature to these cars or to later cars in general?

[NARP74]

Years of dyed washer fluid use?

[914Sixer]

It seems that they were made in colors. I have seen red and green also.

[L-Jet914]

I don't know why they would dock you for a part that is replaced occasionally due to damage or wear. My other thought is what NARP74 stated that the neck may have been dyed from years of standard blue washer fluid use.

[Cairo94507]

I have never seen one with a tint like that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[mepstein]

Me either

[wonkipop]

I have never seen one with a tint like that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

i have.

its in my garage.

to assist tony.
jan 25 1974 build - 1.8.
basically one of the last of the run of 1.8s from late oct 73 to end of jan 74 and right before the LEs start coming off the line in feb and they start building 2.0s again.

blue screw collar.

car is orig, unrestored. i am second owner since 1989. i have never changed the bottle and i am 99.9% sure the original owner i bought if off did not.

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looks like that speaking through his a#rse judge owes you some points.

have no idea when they might have changed the bottles if they did change them during the production years of the 914, or whether its 74 only or whether its a batch of bottles, but i am no surprised. just one more of the myriad minutia of changes we discovered with 1.8 L jet research. a whole heap of changes come in with the 1.8s from late oct 73 to end of jan 74 and no one has ever worked it out until recentlu because folks were only interested in 2.0s and never took 1.8s seriously. the blue collars might be one of those changes. a quick way to find out would be to examine an early 74 2.0 from aug73 to end of oct 73 build period.



EDIT - and no its not dyed from washer fluid. its blue plastic. the bottle is two part construction.

[worn]

I have never seen one with a tint like that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

I have a blue one too.

[mepstein]

Most of my cars have been early. I totally believe it’s a thing.

[wonkipop]

@TonyA

did a quick trawl through my L jet files.
easy to do.
these are all trustworthy examples in my view. good to very good to excellent condition original unrestored cars. all 1.8s

12/73 build



02/74 build. this is the white 1.8 held by dr. 914. v low miles - very original.



05/74 build



05/74 build



06/74 build



and you got my 01/74 build above.

i have more examples all with blue bottles, but above are ones i trust without thinking too much about it.

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but just to throw a wobble in.
here is a 11/74 build. hard to tell for sure.



doesn't look blue. but could just be aged. i'd have to dig further but maybe its a change that came in at some point in that late 1973 period.
i do have another example of a very very very early 1.8 off the line on file in very original condition. but unfortunately the photos did not include a clear view of the bottle. i think i might go exploring BAT for examples of the 74 2.0L cars built from aug to late oct 73 just to see what they have. could well be this change happens just as the 1.8s start getting built. the 1.8s from dec 73 on sure do look like they have the blue bottles right through to june 74 build. and if so, the 2.0L cars inclusive of the LEs would have been the same.

i might go take a look at some 75 L jets i have on file. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
we just might have tripped across another one of those minutia that the 1.8s have plenty of. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[L-Jet914]

I have never seen one with a tint like that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

i have.

its in my garage.

to assist tony.
jan 25 1974 build - 1.8.
basically one of the last of the run of 1.8s from late oct 73 to end of jan 74 and right before the LEs start coming off the line in feb and they start building 2.0s again.

blue screw collar.

car is orig, unrestored. i am second owner since 1989. i have never changed the bottle and i am 99.9% sure the original owner i bought if off did not.

---

looks like that speaking through his a#rse judge owes you some points.

have no idea when they might have changed the bottles if they did change them during the production years of the 914, or whether its 74 only or whether its a batch of bottles, but i am no surprised. just one more of the myriad minutia of changes we discovered with 1.8 L jet research. a whole heap of changes come in with the 1.8s from late oct 73 to end of jan 74 and no one has ever worked it out until recentlu because folks were only interested in 2.0s and never took 1.8s seriously. the blue collars might be one of those changes. a quick way to find out would be to examine an early 74 2.0 from aug73 to end of oct 73 build period.



EDIT - and no its not dyed from washer fluid. its blue plastic. the bottle is two part construction.

Dang it all now you are going to make me go look at mine haha.