popuptoaster
Sunday 26th February 2012, 14:26
Today i decided to see why my rear window squirter had stopped working, could hear the motor running but no water came out.
Held the button in for a bit in case the non return valve had died and the pipe had just emptied out and realised when my ankles started getting wet the pipe had come off up under the dash.
After taking a few panels out to get up behind the dash I dsicovered a whole world of annoyance.
The pipe comes through the bulkhead right up the top on the right had side, up behind a bracket that holds an ECU, you can only (just about) get one hand up there.
I have been suffering with a frozen shoulder since November so its painfull to use my left arm, which of course was the only one I could get up there.
So there I am, kneeling on the driveway, face pressed against the front of the dash, using one hand to try and push a hard plastic pipe into a soft rubber one without pushing the rubber pipe out into the engine bay and then get a cable tie back round it to stop it falling back out again.
After many swear words the job is now done and I can squirt the rear screen again.
Just thought i'd share that. :D
Held the button in for a bit in case the non return valve had died and the pipe had just emptied out and realised when my ankles started getting wet the pipe had come off up under the dash.
After taking a few panels out to get up behind the dash I dsicovered a whole world of annoyance.
The pipe comes through the bulkhead right up the top on the right had side, up behind a bracket that holds an ECU, you can only (just about) get one hand up there.
I have been suffering with a frozen shoulder since November so its painfull to use my left arm, which of course was the only one I could get up there.
So there I am, kneeling on the driveway, face pressed against the front of the dash, using one hand to try and push a hard plastic pipe into a soft rubber one without pushing the rubber pipe out into the engine bay and then get a cable tie back round it to stop it falling back out again.
After many swear words the job is now done and I can squirt the rear screen again.
Just thought i'd share that. :D