Water jet hose driver side fell though :( help
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Water jet hose driver side fell though :( help
Hi
I have a 1989 1.9 changed the passenger side washer no issue, drivers side pipe one slipped though and i cant get it back, how can i get to this please. I removed the front grill and no access cant find anything on line, can anyone help please
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I have a 1989 1.9 changed the passenger side washer no issue, drivers side pipe one slipped though and i cant get it back, how can i get to this please. I removed the front grill and no access cant find anything on line, can anyone help please
Cheers
Re: Water jet hose driver side fell though :( help
Oh dear. IIRC It's usually a dash out job.
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Re: Water jet hose driver side fell though :( help
You gotta be flexible but you can do it without taking the dash out . Bit of solid wire down the hole from the outside, contort yourself into a pretzel and find the pipe. wrap the wire round the end of the pipe tightly.. slowly draw it up and have a small screwdriver or pick ready to pull the pipe through the hole.
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Re: Water jet hose driver side fell though :( help
haha cheers everyone, i will get some pretzel practice in this coming week
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Re: Water jet hose driver side fell though :( help
sometimes it is easier to remove the dash and fit some nice fresh pliable hose after 30 years it tends to be hard and difficult to work with and there's very little slack in it, especially if previous peeps have cut it back because they couldn't get the rubber over sleeve off, then it splits because no over sleeve fitted; ask me how I know
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Re: Water jet hose driver side fell though :( help
And said flexible hose is easily available in your local pet shop aquarium section.
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Re: Water jet hose driver side fell though :( help
Just replaced all mine dash was out for new heater motor so spent a bit of time chaging a few bits while dash out new wiper motor and lubed linkages etc tidied up any suspect conectors earth crowns and a thorough clean must be a pain changing those hoses with the dash in
Re: Water jet hose driver side fell though :( help
dsa wrote: ↑15 Jan 2024, 23:49 Just replaced all mine dash was out for new heater motor so spent a bit of time chaging a few bits while dash out new wiper motor and lubed linkages etc tidied up any suspect conectors earth crowns and a thorough clean must be a pain changing those hoses with the dash in
Very satisfying
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be aware the hose is different size to the one commonly found on ebay or at local motor factors, brickie sells the correct size
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Re: Water jet hose driver side fell though :( help
I replaced my nozzles with the 3 jet option sometime back and nearly lost the hose inside the van. I wonder if this does happen can you feed the new hose through the nozzle hole back to the pump and reservoir without removing the dash, even if it takes a different route.
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Re: Water jet hose driver side fell though :( help
That's where I got my replacement hose from. Silicone, nice and flexible and durable. Left heaps of of it behind the dash so I can pull loads out at the jet nozzle.
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