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Windshield wiper tube is broke by the battery..


JCL82
03-20-2006, 06:33 PM
So here's how it all got started. My battery was dying in my truck, So I go to the store and pick one up. No problem it's a little bit smaller then the dealers battery that came with the truck. So one month or two of driving it i noticed that when i was trying to clean my windshield off with the wiper Fluid nothing came out and it didn't say i was out of the wipersheild wiper Fluid. Then i noticed when i was did it when i was in parking lot the fluid was on the ground. So i pop the hood and notice that the smaller battery must have been sliding against the tube. So Here's the question, Do i have to replace the whole tube or just the break ? It's a pretty big break, maybe 4-6 inches long. Next question is that Tube is pretty hard, not just like rubber tube. It feels like hard plastic. Like it's suppose to be strong.

dr_of_lovephd
03-21-2006, 04:57 PM
If it was me, I would try to get some rubber tubing that is slightly bigger in diameter and slide it over the broken ends to fill in the break. But it has to be good rubber because most windshield wiper fluids have methanol in them, which can eat up cheap rubber.

06Z71
03-21-2006, 08:15 PM
use fuel line that will work well

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