Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 17:49:05 -0700
Reply-To: miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
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From: miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Rear window washer line problem
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I've used Scott's method, repeatedly. Just a piece of flexible hose to
join the two and a dab of silicone sealant at either end to assure
that the tubing doesn't migrate.
Miguel
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
- Thomas A. Edison
On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Jonathan Berg <jonbergga@gmail.com> wrote:
> I had to cut my line last year. I found a small tubing or vacuum
> splice at the FLAPS that bridged the gap. I think was from a variety
> pack and I used tie wraps to seal the deal.
>
> I investigated running new tubing and possibly additional electrical
> leads, but ended up cutting to fit, painting to match.
>
> jb
>
> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans
> <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>> I suppose shrinkable tubing could work,
>> but why not a small piece of rubber hose to join the two broken plastic
>> parts ?
>> Thin-wall hose so it's not to large OD.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Graham" <theklube@GMAIL.COM>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 11:36 AM
>> Subject: Rear window washer line problem
>>
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>
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