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Wtd - pair of standard washer jets
« on: 09 January 2013, 16:16:09 »
I've piddled about today fitting a pair of Insignia washers, even using the proper tool to adjust them they just won't go high enough. And I've misplaced my originals that I removed (it was a fortnight ago, and I've thrown a couple of strops in the workshop since then...).

 So, before I ring the dealer, anyone got a couple of washer jets to fit a 2003 FL? :y
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Re: Wtd - pair of standard washer jets
« Reply #1 on: 09 January 2013, 16:21:37 »
I was thinking of doing the Insignia Washer Jets is it something not worth doing then? as mine totally dont work i think theres years of limescale build up in the head as i can hear the pump but opps all happens lol
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Re: Wtd - pair of standard washer jets
« Reply #2 on: 09 January 2013, 16:21:55 »
opps? lol
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Re: Wtd - pair of standard washer jets
« Reply #3 on: 09 January 2013, 16:31:36 »
Even using the proper adjustment tool, they don't seem to aim high enough to actually clear the screen as intended. They could do with sitting a couple of mm more proud of the scuttle.
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Re: Wtd - pair of standard washer jets
« Reply #4 on: 09 January 2013, 16:41:27 »
Istr Twiglet did this mod and was less than impressed with it. ;)
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Re: Wtd - pair of standard washer jets
« Reply #5 on: 09 January 2013, 17:17:02 »
You need to modify the scuttle slightly. :y

Carefully scallop the hole in the scuttle on the screen side. If you don't,  the jet catches on the lip of the scuttle,  pulling it down.
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Re: Wtd - pair of standard washer jets
« Reply #6 on: 09 January 2013, 20:15:11 »
Quote from: Sam Burton on 09 January 2013, 16:21:37
... as mine  dont work i think theres years of limescale build up in the head as i can hear the pump but opps all happens lol

Have you cleaned out the suction filter/strainer from the bottle?  ::)

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90616.0
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Re: Wtd - pair of standard washer jets
« Reply #7 on: 10 January 2013, 20:28:26 »
>jumps up and down< Anyone got a pair?  ;D
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Re: Wtd - pair of standard washer jets
« Reply #8 on: 10 January 2013, 20:30:05 »
Quote from: GastronomicKleptomaniac on 10 January 2013, 20:28:26
>jumps up and down< Anyone got a pair?  ;D

No local scrap yards?  :-\
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Re: Wtd - pair of standard washer jets
« Reply #9 on: 10 January 2013, 20:39:36 »
they are probably only £1-2 each new....The insignia spray ones certainly were.

trouble with 2nd hand is they are so brittle they often snap on removal.

Have you tried a quick pm to Andy C?
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Re: Wtd - pair of standard washer jets
« Reply #10 on: 10 January 2013, 20:43:51 »
I thought the op wanted headlight washer jets for some reason.Ive probably got a pair of windscreen washer jets in the shed. ;D
If they are only a couple of quid each new,its probably best to buy new ones. :y
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Re: Wtd - pair of standard washer jets
« Reply #11 on: 13 January 2013, 23:52:14 »
I am genuinely too lazy to go to the dealer, haha. I'll pop down tomorrow, ta anyway! :y
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