window washer jets??????

[bubblebobble]

I have the washer jet feed pipes hanging............am i missing washer jets????

[VARLEYHYD]

bubblebobble said:

I have the washer jet feed pipes hanging............am i missing washer jets????

No the jets are on the wiper arms

G

[Targarama]

VARLEYHYD said:

bubblebobble said:

I have the washer jet feed pipes hanging............am i missing washer jets????

No the jets are on the wiper arms

G

Well they are supposed to be ... bubble seems to have had anything not superglued to the car pilfered :-(

[grumbledoak]

No jets, as such. As far as I can tell, the wiper arms were fitted with the Citroen BX fittings, now discontinued, though maybe a scrapyard can find you some. Later cars seem to have been fitted with a rubber hose with some holes in it.

[malman]

grumbledoak said:

No jets, as such. As far as I can tell, the wiper arms were fitted with the Citroen BX fittings, now discontinued, though maybe a scrapyard can find you some. Later cars seem to have been fitted with a rubber hose with some holes in it.

Mine has the Hi-tech sprinkler tube so did my Cerbera - never seen a so called proper washer on a TVR yet.

To be fair though I've always found the sprinkler to work very well

[grumbledoak]

I never really had cause to give them a good look, as they just seemed to work, but in retrospect I'd say that my '96 Chimp had the more solid BX fittings on the wiper arms. The '350 just seems to have some holes in the rather flexible tubing, which sort of works, but not as well.

I have looked into getting the BX fittings, but they are discontinued. As I remember, the last Saggy and the latest Saggy 2 has jets below the windscreen like most other cars. You can get them in Halfwits for a couple of quid, though you would have to drill the fibreglass to fit them.

If you do try this, please post photos.

[malman]

what do the BX fitting look like? is what I was about to ask ... but I spotted this on google.

http://wiki.seloc.org/a/Windscreen_washer_mod

Those lotus owners must be desperate if they're nicking bits off TVRs

[grumbledoak]

The Peugeot spray bar is clearest seen in photo #3 on that. But it isn't how I remember the Chimp's sprayer. Think more like a tiny (less than 2mil) metal 'U' shaped tube, like a snorkel, with a few holes on one side.

[malman]

Just checked some photos and even my (96) Chimaera had the looped sprinkler tube. The BX part looks good though. pity is discontinued

[grumbledoak]

Or something very like it.