I had to cut my line last year. I found a small tubing or vacuum
splice at the FLAPS that bridged the gap. I think was from a variety
pack and I used tie wraps to seal the deal.

I investigated running new tubing and possibly additional electrical
leads, but ended up cutting to fit, painting to match.

jb

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans
<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> I suppose shrinkable tubing could work,
> but why not a small piece of rubber hose to join the two broken plastic
> parts ?
> Thin-wall hose so it's not to large OD.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Graham" <theklube@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 11:36 AM
> Subject: Rear window washer line problem
>
>
>> 88 Vanagon Camper - In preparing for our first camping trip of the season
>> last week, when I opened up the rear hatch, I noticed that the small
>> plastic
>> tube that conveys the WW fluid from the body to the rear hatch had snapped
>> in two.
>>
>> Normally (or originally) the tubing and the wires to run the rear wiper
>> are
>> enclosed in a little flexible sleeve - this sleeve has crumbled over the
>> years - rear wiper still works though.
>>
>> So my question - Since the tubing seems pretty brittle and I don't think
>> it's under much pressure anyway, could I get away with just mending is
>> with
>> some heat shrinkable tubing to connect the two ends? �If the joint leaked
>> a
>> little it shouldn't matter as it would be in the 'outside channel' around
>> the rear hatch.
>>
>> Are there any members who've made a simple repair in other ways that I
>> should consider?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John Graham
>> 88 Westy Charlotte, NC
>>
>> --
>> Don't you wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence?
>> There's one marked 'Brightness,' but it doesn't work.
>