Ninehigh
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| posted on 8/6/10 at 11:13 PM |
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It's happened again...
Rear washer pipe on the mondeo's popped off again..
To recap it's listed as a common fault that the pipe's too short, so it pops off the joint and instead of cleaning your back window it
just dumps water all over the rear right airbag (actually saw it pouring out this time!)
So no doubt it's come off at the 90 degree joint. Problem is it's not going to be a case of tape it on like buggery (as it's got
half a roll of duct tape on it now) so the final option is to glue it.
Now what glue could I use? Not sure it has to be particularly flexible but it's got to be waterproof, strong and given the access I have to the
area preferably straight from a tube.
Any ideas?
Thanking you all in advance cos I always forget!
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adithorp
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| posted on 8/6/10 at 11:26 PM |
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Have you tried a tiny zip tie around it?
adrian
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NigeEss
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| posted on 8/6/10 at 11:39 PM |
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Longer pipe ?
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morcus
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| posted on 9/6/10 at 12:55 AM |
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can't you just disconnect it?
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A1
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| posted on 9/6/10 at 02:29 AM |
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ill second longer pipe...
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madteg
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| posted on 9/6/10 at 06:01 AM |
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Longer more flexible pipe glued and zip tied
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 9/6/10 at 06:03 AM |
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Plastic joiner to extend the pipe? Should be available from aquatics shops.
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sebastiaan
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| posted on 9/6/10 at 06:04 AM |
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This is locostbuilders; Sikaflex! 
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 9/6/10 at 06:09 AM |
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Im sure i heard about this a while back and i think ford supply a longer pipe for it.
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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balidey
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| posted on 9/6/10 at 06:33 AM |
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I bought some aquatic pipe to re-do mine as it goes hard after a few years and can pop off (not on a Mondeo), a 5m real was only a couple of quid off
ebay.
But if you want to know what tape / glue to use, I would recomend some of that self amalgamating tape. That should do the trick.
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 9/6/10 at 07:04 AM |
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my grandfather had a similar problem on a different car.
I trimmed back the perished pipe and extended it with a joiner and longer length.
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 9/6/10 at 07:18 AM |
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Pipe's not perished, and it's got about 2foot of extra now, it's just that the joint (where it runs up from the floor to across the
top of the roof) is at right angles, so it can't really be taped or zip tied. I'll have to have a look at that silkaflex though 
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Hellfire
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| posted on 9/6/10 at 07:21 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by sebastiaan
This is locostbuilders; Sikaflex!
+1
Amazing stuff!!!
Steve
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 9/6/10 at 09:05 AM |
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in the order of escalation;
refit and hope
duct tape
tie wrap
sikaflex
get the right parts
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Danozeman
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| posted on 9/6/10 at 09:58 AM |
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You must be able to get a cable tie round the pipe so its on there tight?
Dan
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 9/6/10 at 10:52 AM |
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Problem is the 90 degree joint just has the pipe slotting into it, so there's nothing for the ziptie to grip to. If anything it would make it
worse as it would decrease the pressure to hold it in.
But this Sikaflex stuff looks good, which one should I get cos I've seen 11c, 22, 252 and some others?
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