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Washer hose spare tire fitting |
bbrock |
Feb 8 2021, 07:40 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
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 |
Feb 13 2021, 05:11 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,264 Joined: 6-May 20 From: north antarctica Member No.: 24,231 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/screwy.gif) goes without saying.
cracked the problem with mine. the hose connection to the tyre had dirt in it which stopped it from sealing once it was screwed into tyre valve. the tyre valve once you screw it down combined with tyre pressure self seals it, unless you have grains of dirt in there that stop it all being pushed back and self sealing under pressure. pulled both screw in connectors to schrader valves (in line valve and tyre valve) and soaked in hot water. dissolved dirt out of the tyre connector fitting. basically grains of sand in there were washed out. whole system is working again. pathetic as it is. the mikey tip on how to fit the hoses is 100%. just soak in hot water. and fit. hot water is your friend in fitting and also cleaning parts of the system. it all accumulates either sand grains in critical spots or calcium deposits. |
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