I had been wondering why rear washer never really worked right on my newly acquired '86. I replaced a broken section of tubing at hatch hinge and the sprayer then worked, but next day it didn't Well call me slow, but I really didn't think the reservoir was leaking... I checked today, yup, all that fluid I was adding (2 fills) went somewhere else. The culprit was the pump housing. It is in 2 pieces and was not sealed so the fluid could come up the impeller drive shaft and out of the joint and into the wall. I fixed with JB weld. Note that the outlet tubing has to be cut off, and use hot water to soften tubing for re-install, it is quite tight. Oh and a one person re-aiming nozzle to hit the almost vertical back window is a good candidate for a time lapse short movie with yackety- sax sound track alistair '86 syncro 7 passenger '82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94 http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/ |
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