Windscreen wiper tubes

[Nevin]

This is probably a stupid question (again) but what are the bits of rubber tubing on my windscreen wipers for?

[stu247]

I assume you're talking about the washers....black tube with holes in em....

[Nevin]

Hmm, mine don't work then. Will need to have a look at this next time I'm back in UK. My wash jet comes from somewhere just in front of the bottom of the windscreen, under the black mesh.

[M@H]

Nevin said:

Hmm, mine don't work then. Will need to have a look at this next time I'm back in UK. My wash jet comes from somewhere just in front of the bottom of the windscreen, under the black mesh.

That'll be where the flexi tube connects to the rest of the car; that joins the small black ones on the wipers to the car body via a small nipple in the mesh bit.

[Nevin]

Sounds quite possible. Easy to reconnect or a pure nightmare?

[M@H]

Nevin said:

Sounds quite possible. Easy to reconnect or a pure nightmare?

Easy peasy.. assuming you've still got the original "nipples" in the mesh bit.. all you need is about a foot of the flexi hose stuff (i used the clear stuff you get with fishtank pumps and the like) and you use two bits, to go from each "nipple" to the bottom of the black tube on the wiper itself.. this is a push fit and should slide up inside the flexi tube by an inch or so.

Cheers
Matt

>> Edited by M@H on Thursday 20th May 15:48

[Nevin]

M@H said:

Nevin said: Sounds quite possible. Easy to reconnect or a pure nightmare? Easy peasy.. assuming you've still got the original "nipples" in the mesh bit.. all you need is about a foot of the flexi hose stuff (i used the clear stuff you get with fishtank pumps and the like) and you use two bits, to go from each "nipple" to the bottom of the black tube on the wiper itself.. this is a push fit and should slide up inside the flexi tube by an inch or so. Cheers Matt >> Edited by M@H on Thursday 20th May 15:48

Cheers, something to try next week when they let me out of Gulag 9b for my bi-monthly visit to the UK.