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On 10 Feb 2005 at 17:44, Russ Wolfe wrote: > On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 08:55, Jim Adney wrote: > > On 10 Feb 2005 at 11:32, Daniel Baum wrote: > > > > > At first the switch leaked, so I replaced it, but later found out that I > > > might have connected the hoses backwards. Luckily I kept the old switch. > > > > Yes, only one way works correctly. The pressure hose must connect to the nipple > > furthest from the dash. > http://classicvw.org/gallery/partsbook/washerswitch > Parts book shows it on the one closest to the dash. I don't think I'd trust the parts book for this. The reason it needs to be the other way is because that's the only way you can make the valve so that you don't have to worry about leakage around the valve stem when it's not in use. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~