TheSamba.com :: View topic - Washer hose missing, or, the reason my washers don't work

Sat Feb 04, 2017 8:21 am

I have my dash off for a complete cleanup, pad replacment, wiring extravaganza, etc. While feeling around under there I found out why my washers aren't working. There is NO hose from the washers to the tank below. The T is there and the hoses are intact across front, and wiring and hoses, now repaired, are intact to the rear. At the T directly behind the master cylinder the hose disappears. After much searching I've found what I'm pretty sure is the grommet that it goes/went through down to the tank and pump.

My question, if I pull the grill can I get to this without messing with the radiator? Maybe pull the lower grill (mine is an AC model). Hopefully I can source this size hose and a T easily and just redo it all.

Thanks

Sat Feb 04, 2017 9:03 am

I can't speak directly to an AC equipped vanagon, and my repair was just to a section of hose, but I don't recall the radiator or anything else being in the way of the repair. The grilles are easy to remove so easy to have a look. It shouldn't be too hard to fish a new hose in.

Sat Feb 04, 2017 12:57 pm

Vanagon Nut wrote: I can't speak directly to an AC equipped vanagon, and my repair was just to a section of hose, but I don't recall the radiator or anything else being in the way of the repair. The grilles are easy to remove so easy to have a look. It shouldn't be too hard to fish a new hose in.

Thanks Vnut. Problem solved. There is no access from the grills on my square headlight model, but it was easy to drop the bottle from the bottom and fish a new hose down from the top. I used some rigid air line that I had floating around the shop.