Washer hose spare tire fitting Options

[bbrock]

I know this is a futile quest since most of you think it is only civilized to convert the pneumatic windshield washer to an electric pump. But c'mon, that has to be the most ridiculously quirky quirk of a car dripping with quirkiness. Anything that stupid has to be worth keeping... right?

But I have a problem. The seal inside the fitting that screws onto the spare tire was shot and leaking all the air out of the tire. That wasn't going to work so I dug it out and and replaced it with a stack of neoprene washers that looked to be the right size and sealed to each other with a smear of RTV. It worked... almost. It seals tight unless you bend the hose to the side at all and then it leaks. Of course, mounting the tire in the frunk with the hose on bends it to the side. So what to do? Anyone have suggestions on how to seal this thing, or where a replacement might be found? New hoses with fittings are NLA and the ransom demanded by folks with used ones seems steep considering they might very well leak also. Thoughts? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

[wonkipop]

I know this is a futile quest since most of you think it is only civilized to convert the pneumatic windshield washer to an electric pump. But c'mon, that has to be the most ridiculously quirky quirk of a car dripping with quirkiness. Anything that stupid has to be worth keeping... right?

But I have a problem. The seal inside the fitting that screws onto the spare tire was shot and leaking all the air out of the tire. That wasn't going to work so I dug it out and and replaced it with a stack of neoprene washers that looked to be the right size and sealed to each other with a smear of RTV. It worked... almost. It seals tight unless you bend the hose to the side at all and then it leaks. Of course, mounting the tire in the frunk with the hose on bends it to the side. So what to do? Anyone have suggestions on how to seal this thing, or where a replacement might be found? New hoses with fittings are NLA and the ransom demanded by folks with used ones seems steep considering they might very well leak also. Thoughts? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

i'm with you on that. i got mine going again.
but i think like you my fitting at the spare tyre is leaking somehow.
as it drained the air in the tyre.
i've got to look into it when i finish rebuilding the fuel pumps.

its certainly not operating right as it should not flatten the tyre.
its supposed to stop at 28lbs.
i've since disconnected it and repumped the tyre and it has stayed inflated.
so i know its not the tyre itself that is the problem.

i got the rest of it working. had to replace all the one way valves in the lines to the washers. not hard to get those, they are sold by porsche and still available.
i purchased a new operating valve to rebuild the part in the steering column operated off the stalk. the part that arrived was junk, the little plastic pin that pushes down into the valve just went sideways on the first go. so returned to my original part and managed to make it go again by soaking it in warm water and blowing it through with air. it was basically jammed up with calcium deposits. i also replace all the hoses. so i'm not giving up.