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On 2 Feb 2005 at 8:42, Kevin Guarnotta wrote: > I may take you up on your offer-I've got two more stores to check out...the > first stuff I got locally I believe is Goodyear, 65111, 5/32" I.D. (3/16" > Nipple) I don't recall the size that I could find. It was not an exact replacement, but it fits and works just fine. It may actually be a little stronger rhan the original, because I have never had to replace these lines twice. > One pet store I went to did not have it, and the guy said that the windshield > washer fluid would eat through their tubing anyway. I didn't believe him, do > you have any experience with that. Windshield washer fluid is not that toxic > is it? I agree that this sounds bogus. Washer fluid won't hurt paint, or anything else that I can think of. Petroleum products will attack a lot of plastics and rubbers, so that might be what got him to say that. > This Goodyear stuff is not very flexible compared to the original. Thicker > walled than original, definitely doesn't look like it will fit through the > nut on the bottom of the washer fluid tank. The stuff I have is pretty limp and fits just fine. > I'd prefer not to go with an electric pump. I like the design of this one, > and mine never leaked before. I find the electric pump appealing, but I've never had enough trouble with the OE method to make the conversion worthwhile. I DO have problems with the pressure regulator valves (built into the tank cap) between the spare and the tank. Does anyone out there have an original valve that still works correctly? -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~