window washer lines

[kent]

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

[tomking]

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.

[P.J. Romano]

Originally Posted by kent 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

Here are some pics for you. Good luck.

[kent]

I do have the T for the bottle but how do the hoses connect to the sprayer nozzles? Is there a T were it passes through the hood?

[jvandyke]

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.

[namba209]

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.

[tomking]

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.

[Lindsay]

What size ID tubing is required for washer hose? I need to fix mine someday.

[P.J. Romano]

Originally Posted by tomking 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.

Better?

[kent]

Is the plastic fitting that goes into the hood an Opel only type thing or is it universal ( some thing I can find at the parts store)? Other then that if I can get the hose threaded I'm ready to go.

[opelgtworld]

Originally Posted by tomking 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.

That should be very close to original

[namba209]

Originally Posted by Lindsay What size ID tubing is required for washer hose? I need to fix mine someday.

The nub on the end of the plastic piece that goes into the nozzle rubber measures .250", so I'm gonna guess that 3/16" will work just fine, Lindsay

[nobody]

Unless you have NOS check valves and fittings you will need to go fishing. Aquarium supply stores sell the tubing, check valves and fittings needed to make it look right and work correctly.HTH

[tomking]

PJ, OpelGTWorld, the stock set up had a clip that pulled the hose all the way to the edge of the hood. If the hose is not getting pinched where you have it now, pinched by the hood seal on the cowl, then you are OK.

[opelgtworld]

Originally Posted by tomking PJ, OpelGTWorld, the stock set up had a clip that pulled the hose all the way to the edge of the hood. If the hose is not getting pinched where you have it now, pinched by the hood seal on the cowl, then you are OK.

You are right, the stock set up looks like this:

[P.J. Romano]

Thank you. If every problem on GT would be this easy to solve!
Wait until I get to that broken exhaust header bolt in the cylinder head...but let us not start a new thread in this section or we will get on us the anger of almighty Moderator.
Have a great day.

[jvandyke]

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.

[baronbors]

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.

[opelgtguy]

Originally Posted by jvandyke 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.

My car is about 98% original, and if you gently tap the foot pump it will activate the wipers only - it requires a firm push to pump washer fluid.

Rick

[opelgtworld]

Does someone know the reason why the GT was not offered in the USA with the electrical washer pump ?

[namba209]

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.

[Lindsay]

Measured my OEM Hood Nozzles and T-Fitting. As Ron indicated, the tips measures approx. .25 OD. I must have bought 3/16 ID with 5/16 OD (WATTS clear vinyl) tubing from Home Depot, and it does slide (stretch) over .25 fittings tips.

Measure OLD OEM OPEL tubing, and it measures approx. .22 to .25 OD. Windshield washer tubing purchased from OPGTS (long time ago) measures approx. .22 OD, so may try to adapt it with short sections of rubber hose as shown in picture. I forgot about the factory setup with rubber connectors/ adapters.

Still need to locate some check valve nozzles from aquarium shop. Thanks for the picture!

Found metric nylon tubing at Marshall's Industrial Hardware in San Diego. Tubing specification is 6 mm OD (.236 inch) x 4 mm ID (1 mm wall). Price: $0.34 per ft. Looks very close to Opel and will fit inside hood grommets.

[jvandyke]

Stumbled across this pic. This car was talked about a lot a bit ago as it only has a few hundred original miles so chances are pretty good these are as original as you'll see. Note they run "under" the area of the hood that mates with the rubber strip. Don't know which is "correct" just saw the pic, remembered the thread.
http://www.opelgt.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/10476

[Lindsay]

http://www.opelgt.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/10476
Snap-in T-Hose fitting should be located mid-span between the two (2)washer nozzles in picture. Looks like extra hole was drilled into hood. Yellow GT picture looks correct.

Product Improvement?
Their way might be better because they must have been a good reason?

[jvandyke]

Sure looks like the set up on the blue one would interfer with rubber seal.