Bugger, broken washer pipe...

[Rob_the_Sparky]

Looked at the car, sitting in the garage in need of an engine, and spotted that the passenger's side windscreen washer pipe is no longer connected to the car, bugger. The plastic pipe in the grill has sheared off level with the bodywork.

The bible has a short section on the washers that says, take out dash to find an access panel to get to this and a close up photo. Anyone one done this that can add a bit more light on the subject? I really could do without having to take the dash off.

Any ideas would be gratefully received

Rob

[ruaricoles]

I lost one (maybe even both) of my pipes in that cavity, but recovered them by drilling a neat ~1 inch hole near the top of the bulkhead from the engine side and then fishing the pipe through the hole. When pipe fixed then plug the hole neatly with a black grommet and some sealant. Much easier than gaining access from the dash side I think.

[mcosh]

Rob had the same issue a couple of years ago.

I took off the bonnet catch, drilled out hole behind that. In here, using coat hanger wire, gently retrieve the washer pipe.

Re-feed brand new pipes from top holes, connect with y piece, feed and your done. I glued the fixing to y piece before refilling hole behind bonnet catch with fibreglass filler.

Mark