Replacing the connector to the windshield washer tubing/part # GJA8969AB. Is there a thread detailing this, about how to remove the covering to access it. I attempted a search but alas I am on a new device & things aren't as they used to be with my interneting lol.





Godspeed

 

I had to replace mine. You need to remove the wiper arms and the remove the fasteners holding down the facia grate. Once that is done the piece is easy to change.
To remove the wiper arms you need to lift the rear of the arm pivot cover and there is a nut under there to remove. Spray some rust buster and use a 2 arm puller to remove the arm. The facia grate comes right off once all of the screws are removed.

 

Grazi sir.

 

The fasteners holding the fascia grate also pass through small spacers which keep the tightened fastener from collapsing the grate. Perhaps these came from the factory glued on, but now some are loose and only restrained by the fastener and habit. As you lift off the fascia keep track of them, loose ones are excited to be finally free and may make a break for it. Down somewhere behind engine, or off in the backyard, or anywhere in your workshop. (They don't come when called.)

 

Avern,

I noticed your good advice on how to replace the windshield washer connector in one of the forum threads a while back. I did all that but the tubing works itself off the connector within a few minutes of swiping of the windshield. I push it back on by hand. I clean the nozzles. It still comes off. What have a done wrong?

 

It sounds as though either the end of the fitting you are putting the hose on has the barb eroded away. It is possible if it is an old hose that it doesn't grip the barb anymore and you may need a new hoses. If you look at the picture at the beginning of the thread you will note the barb at each of the connector points. Any fitting on the washer system will have a barb where the hose goes on.
I forgot to ask are the nozzles spraying, plugged nozzles will cause excessive pressure on the hose. If the nozzles are not spraying you can try removing them and soaking them in vinegar to remove the corrosion in the tip

 

Thank you, Avern1, for the fast reply and good advice.

The duck bills do clog up and that has occurred to me but even cleaning them has not been a permanent fix. I will look for the barb next time the hose is off or I may just replace the hose. Is that easily obtainable? Do you happen to know the size?

 

Click on the link below and go to my post. #2 on the link. It has all of the info you need for the washer system.
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...g-size-169199/

 

Len Apcar,


IF you have some surplus hose (your hose isn't stretched tight when installed) try clipping a small piece off the end.
The original hose end has been stretched via much time around the larger nipple ('barb').
Clip off a section about as long as the barb. The hose will now resist slipping onto the nipple. If it really resists, wipe a TINY smear of white petroleum jelly around the OUTSIDE of the nipple. DON"T get in into the orifice.
This will either;
1) Work fine, or
2) Shoot your washer connector much farther into the backyard than the advice of the last poster.


Let us know which!