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]

thats a hot tip for how to get the hose replacement done under tank.
would have taken me at least two days of staring at it scratching my head to think of that one.

i had not thought of that one. filling the spare tyre from above. am a dumb aussie.
i am the sort of moron who would take all the luggage out. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)
cause of course you never had to take the luggage out to get the spare wheel out of a type 3 - so i am an unthinking creature of habit always going for the spare wheel end of the hose ---- when thanks to you after 30 odd years of ownership i now realise after all this time i can air up the spare from next to the gas cap.

i haven't ever even tried to unscrew it having only just worked out what it was.
the whole time thinking it was some kind of smart valve in there.
which it was. smart germans designing for smart americans.

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i meant to just disassemble the spare extension hoses you can get to get the screw in fitting off it. but its the same as ideas above about the type of fitting. whatever its bound to be a $5.00 part rather than a $30.00 part from VW mobs. a fully steel fitting is going to be better than the little plastic VW one.

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i used to know what miles were. we used them when i was a child. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
you blokes are the last country on earth still doing the imperial thing - apart from the imperialists.
whats with that, i thought you kicked the limeys out 200 years ago.

its actually a bit of a hassle in the 914 as i am driving on mph in a kmh country -
and the state govt. here has gone zero tolerance on urban speeding using cameras,
so no cop discretion. and in typical aus bureaucratic fashion there are now umpteen different urban speed limits. 30k. 40 k 50 k 60 k 70 k 80k. its all designed to fill the revenue coffers under the guise of public safety. was only a decade ago it was standard 60k with 80k on some divided major urban roads. 100-110 on the open road.
and on the "un"-opened roads - whatever you thought. but cameras everywhere now.
hidden behind bushes etc.

why a 1.8 L 914 finally makes sense.
and my other cars rarely get to get opened up.
better to find a twisty road and do the fast corner thing.
though i have heard cops pulling up folks for taking corners at "reckless" speed if there happens to be a sign before the corner posting a recommended max speed.
its getting hard to live as a free man.