Bumper Removal & Headlight Washers

Reet..took the plastic valance and corner bits off the D1 today as i'm getting a winch bumper. I only have the metal bumper left on and seems an easy removal, 4 bolts onto the chassis legs either side..but i noticed i have the pipes for headlight washers going through the bumper...i have the spray nozzle things in fron of the lights but no wipers..odd...anyway..can i just remove the pipework from the sprinkler reservoir and put a bung on? If so any idea of what size? Ta!

I had the same on mine with no wipers. All I did was cut the pipe as far back as I could reach, fold it back on its self and get a small jubilee clip Over the fold and tighten it up. Jobs a goodun and not seen a leak from it.

If you have a 300 series then it's easer than that, just cut the pipe infront of the reservoir you may have to plug it, remove the surplus pipe and then pull fuse 2 (20amp) in the lower aux fuse panel.
For a 200 just remove the electrical connection at the pump and make safe, unfortunatly the 200 shares the same fuse as the headlamp dip beam.

Its a 300, cheers boys..cut, clip and fuse removal. Job done.

Don't wanna hijack the thread but where is the reservoir? I thought it was fed off the main washer bottle?

Don't break the T piece as i'm after one of those.

Hope_5 said:

Don't wanna hijack the thread but where is the reservoir? I thought it was fed off the main washer bottle?

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Reservoir "a place where a great stock of anything is accumulated" therefore the term can be applied to the washer fluid bottle, which it has.

Funkykipper said:

Don't break the T piece as i'm after one of those.

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Tis yours, will keep it with me til next laning or post if you're desperate.

discool said:

Reservoir "a place where a great stock of anything is accumulated" therefore the term can be applied to the washer fluid bottle, which it has.

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Yes yes thank you. I understand what a reservoir is, but storm uses the term "sprinkler reservoir" leading me to understand, albeit incorrectly I now know, that there may have been a second reservoir that fed the bumper washers only and that I had missed it when looking at mine.

Thats it Just one big white-ish bottle with three electric pumps in the base which is a reservoir for the fluid.

storm99 said:

Tis yours, will keep it with me til next laning or post if you're desperate.

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Thank you my good man. We'll conclude the deal on the 4th?

Over cigars and brandy i hope.

storm99 said:

Over cigars and brandy i hope.

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I've not smoked a cigar in a long time, but yeah why not, on top of the Happy Valley too.

Pure class!!!

just to add a bit to the thread, i changed my bumper and disconnected the h/l washer pipe. i folded it and tied it with string then forgot to re-connect it when i put the new bumper on. it doesn't leak so i'll do it when i get round to it. handy tip though, (if you haven't done it already) use a heat gun on the pipe (or any other method of heating it but not a blowtorch- that would be stupid with obvious results) before you try to pull it off the t-piece- comes off easy. if you don't you will probably break the t-piece

Funkykipper said:

Don't break the T piece as i'm after one of those.

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God forbid you have a washer system with no functional T-piece!







I need to sit on my hands now and not talk about air filters of radiator fans...

Funkykipper said:

Don't break the T piece as i'm after one of those.

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If Storm breaks it give me a shout, I have T piece from a RRC - should do the job assuming you're talking about the T piece behind the bumper with the non-return valve things on it?

classic kev said:

If Storm breaks it give me a shout, I have T piece from a RRC - should do the job assuming you're talking about the T piece behind the bumper with the non-return valve things on it?

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Nice one, thanks Kev. Yes it's the one behind the bumper.

Mark L said:

God forbid you have a washer system with no functional T-piece!







I need to sit on my hands now and not talk about air filters of radiator fans...

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It's a job for the future. Forward thinking anorl that.

Bumper coming off this weekend...i'll let you know when i break the T piece.

Funkykipper said:

Nice one, thanks Kev. Yes it's the one behind the bumper.

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No worries, if you need it let me know.