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Unanswered: window washer lines
I'm trying to hook up the washer lines on my gt it has not had them since I got it. I was wondering if anyone could post pics of were they are supposed to run and show any T's or connectors used? I don't have any of the hardware I just have some new hose and was hoping to see what the end product should look like. I can't see how the hose hooks to the sprayer I may be missing a piece so a pic of that would be very helpful
. Thanks
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The hose goes inside a rubber grommetted hole near the hinge brackett. then it exists up the hood and has a clip to hold it out of the way of the hood seal area. Will post a pic in a few days if no one else does. BTW, the tee post in the top of the washer bottle is also a check valve, so not just any tee will do.
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TMK
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I wouldn't mind restoring this to my GT as well. Wonder if any old resevoir/check valve can be readily had or do I really need to hunt down an OEM? I have nothing between the hood nozzles and the foot pump. So many vintage GT bottles look so crappy. I don't care much for keeping it "stock" just so it fits and works. Maybe some of Momma's tuperware will disappear tonight.
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"Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn." Benjamin Franklin
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Using the pics to go by and using a little bit of common sense, the check valve in the bottle "T" would be towards the bottle. You push down on the foot pump, the fluid is forced out, the pressure closes the check valve so the fluid won't go back in the bottle and does go out the hoses to the nozzles. When you lift up on the foot pump, the low pressure (vacuum) pulls fluid out of the bottle and into the pump. That would work if there was only one check valve in the "T". If there are two check valves in the "T", then the suck and blow method needs to be used to see which way the chack valves work.
For the other ? about hooking up the nozzles, Each nozzle has a rubber boot that goes through the hood, a plastic fitting goes into each boot for a hose to hook up to. There is a "T" to connect each nozzle together that hooks up to the first nozzle. HTH. |
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Ron
72 GT 3.4L V-6/T-5/ZF posi - almost done - Just need AC installed. ![]() 75 Chevy monza 5.7L/TH350/Auburn 3.08 posi - Next |
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PJ, the routing for the hose in the 3rd and 4th picture is not quite correct. Where the hose comes out near the top of the hood, it should be pulled over to the left side of the hood and should be connected with a clip. this clip pulls it away from the hood seal when hood is closed. It looks to me like your hood seal will pinch the hose when closed. This clip keeps that from happening.
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www.opelgtworld.de
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"Man kann ein Auto nicht wie ein menschliches Wesen behandeln - ein Auto braucht Liebe. (Walter Röhrl)"
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I'll have to sometime "restore" my sprayer but I did find yesterday while driving in a light rain that the washer pedal is a great little intermittent wiper! I almost hate to hook it up and have spray when I don't want it.
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"Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn." Benjamin Franklin
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I'm slow but GT is fast
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Mine never had the foot pump so I wired in a Walmart pump and placed a switch under the dash on the left hand side. The switch is a Radio Shack momentary on type with a plastic enclosure and red button. When my students look inside th GT- the first thing they comment on is the nitrous swiitch and want to know how much faster it goes when I hit it. I would never contradict them because 8th graders know everything.
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Tom, when my foot pump finally fell apart, I mounted an aftermarket push button horn switch on the base plate of the foot pump. When I barely push on the pedal, the wipers work like normal, a single wiper cycle. Pushing the pedal to the floor activates the electrical washer pump. One of these days I'll bite the bullet and drill holes in the new Lenk Tuning hood for the nozzles.
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