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Old 01-16-2004, 07:21 AM
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Default Anyone use hose clamps to tighten down washer jet connection lines?

Last week, I was trying to use the stock "C" clamp the slides into where the washer lines meet. There were 2 points where they kept disconnecting, so I did away with the clips that didn't hold...and used hose clamps that I tightened down. Has anyone else done this to remedy the problem of the lines coming loose? It's been holding up, but it seems like a ghetto makeshift fix.
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hose clamps or zip ties work fine.
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Ghetto? Hardly. You wanna see ghetto, check out digi's muffler on the v bomb.
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Mine actually stays put without the little C-clip...and it's cracked.
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Default I wonder why you took them off in the first place...

When I transferred my washer pump system to the S4 bumper I don't recall disconnecting any of the pump hoses. Here are some older pics I dug up...

Is it leaking at any of the points shown below?

<img src="http://images4.fotki.com/v47/photos/1/131573/542668/P1010036-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images4.fotki.com/v49/photos/1/131573/542668/P1010037-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images4.fotki.com/v48/photos/1/131573/542668/P1010039-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images4.fotki.com/v47/photos/1/131573/542668/P1010035-vi.jpg">
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the last pic was one of the pts it was leaking at. I wrapped the hose clamp 'round the white thingy
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lol...i'll haf to take a look @ that
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Default You sure it wasn't leaking at the tank/pump, and following the black hose down, and

dripping from that junction?
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Default yea i tried zip tieing it, didn't hold...so i bought those screw-in clamps...was just worried...

that i'd crack the lil white sleeve that the clip sits on by tightening it down.
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hey, in this weather, anything's game. wind chill is -20 here.


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