My '82 westy didn't have one, but I found one on a later year vanagon
at wreckers. Was on line right  beside radiator. I put it in my van.
Seemed to help.

But... I haven't seen one on my '86 (might be hidden somewhere
though) and the washer liquid comes out right away, no delay.

alistair

On 2-Nov-10, at 2:35 PM, Karl Wolz wrote:

Scott, et al,

I replaced my windshield washer pump a while back, and now have
little flow
(maybe 3 - 4"?), and have to wait the better part of a minute to get
that.

Questions 1 - is there a check valve in the line, or does the pump
itself
act as a check valve?

Question 2 - I have replaced the original ground wire and grounded
the pump
to the frame, using one of the washer bottle bolts.  Could this be
problematical so far as current getting to the motor?

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
Behalf Of
|Scott Daniel - Turbovans
|Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 1:24 PM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Re: Fun with fixing up stuff...(long post)
|
|a good washer nozzle clearing tool is a welder's tip cleaner set.
|
|folds up in a little metal box..