Date:         Wed, 3 Mar 2010 14:16:30 -0600
Reply-To:     Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Rear window washer line problem
Comments: To: John Graham <theklube@gmail.com>
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I bought the tubing and am waiting for an excuse to remove the rear hatch
parts before I tear into it...so I am interested in any good advice, also.
I thought about a male brass barb to insert, but don't use the rear washer
that much.  Any ideas are also appreciated.
Michael in San Antonio
91GL AT 'Gringo'
73 Beetle


On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 1:36 PM, John Graham <theklube@gmail.com> wrote:

> 88 Vanagon Camper - In preparing for our first camping trip of the season
> last week, when I opened up the rear hatch, I noticed that the small
> plastic
> tube that conveys the WW fluid from the body to the rear hatch had snapped
> in two.
>
> Normally (or originally) the tubing and the wires to run the rear wiper are
> enclosed in a little flexible sleeve - this sleeve has crumbled over the
> years - rear wiper still works though.
>
> So my question - Since the tubing seems pretty brittle and I don't think
> it's under much pressure anyway, could I get away with just mending is with
> some heat shrinkable tubing to connect the two ends?  If the joint leaked a
> little it shouldn't matter as it would be in the 'outside channel' around
> the rear hatch.
>
> Are there any members who've made a simple repair in other ways that I
> should consider?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Graham
> 88 Westy Charlotte, NC
>
> --
> Don't you wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence?
> There's one marked 'Brightness,' but it doesn't work.
>