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Windshield washer - did I do wrong? by John W. Tilford
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Passenger side "squirter" seemed clogged, fluid more dribbling than squirting. So I pulled a little on the rubber washer fluid mini-hose in an attempt to get it off the black, hard plastic, screwed in place, "squirt nozzle". It didn't want to come loose. So I used a screw driver to pry it away from the nozzle block. I assumed there would be a black plastic extension on/around which the hose was pressed, probably with a slightly larger bulge in order to give the rubber hose a grip. Little hose came off all right, with a looked-broken white plastic tip still stuck in the now loose end of the hose. Surfaces looked as though the white tip had been glued into the black plastic nozzle block. So I got the smallest drill bit I have and reamed out the white tip. Blew air through the black nozzle squirt block. Made sure water streamed out of the disconnected rubber hose when washer turned on. Re-assembled without using any glue, just a friction fit of the little white tube into the hole in the nozzle black block. Works fine. But for how long?

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Just look for a replacement while you live with what you have.
When or if it ever fails, it is a simple replacement fix.
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Rickady88GT, so the little white tube is supposed to be permanently sticking out of the bottom of the black plastic nozzle block? And the black rubber washer fluid tube/hose is supposed to slide onto (and off of) the smaller diameter white tube?
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Originally posted by John W. Tilford:

Rickady88GT, so the little white tube is supposed to be permanently sticking out of the bottom of the black plastic nozzle block? And the black rubber washer fluid tube/hose is supposed to slide onto (and off of) the smaller diameter white tube?


I have to be honest with you, I am not sure. I always thought the spray nozzle had a nipple. But I have also seen adapters places.
As long as it works, go with it and find a backup just incase.
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You're right. If this is the biggest problem I have to worry about with a daily driver 1988 GT, 3.4, 4T60, .33 chain then I'm pretty lucky.
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