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On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 12:21, Garret Trask wrote: > > I couldn't find them on RMMW, but I called aircooled.net and they said they > will be getting in some washer fluid bottles, complete with cap and hose > within the next couple of weeks. > > I'd rather not replace my washer bottle, since it is installed and working > fine. Rather than getting the correct '68 cap and hose, do you (or anyone > else on this list) have one of the earlier style hoses that would be > designed to attach to a Schraeder valve on both ends? If so, would you be > willing to sell it to me? > > If not, I'll just get the new style washer bottle from aircooled.net and > install it in my car. > There never was an OE hose that went from the spare to the Schrader valve on the washer bottle. Before the regulating valve on the fill neck, you filled your washers with pressure from an outside source such as the filling station, or as you are doing with a bicycle pump. My '69 parts car does not have the schrader valve style bottle. So it would have had the fill from the spare tire system. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org