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| spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4663  
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Right this has been posted in the "Technical" section as it is rather technical.
Christmas is almost upon us and thus there will be lots of gifts flying about. Some of these will been securely held in place in a box by lengths of plastic ties with a thin metal strip in the middle. These can be very useful so keep some. If you pare back the plastic with a knife, you might want to get an older responsible person to use the knife, you can expose the metal strip. This is ideal for poking into the washer jets to unblock them. You can expose enough of the wire to go right down in to the nozzle. I always carry a piece with me for this purpose. I was going to call this thread "How to do some exposing and poking"...…. 1982 88" 2.25 diesel 1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai |
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17th Dec 2019 12:52pm |
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| Intercept Member Since: 27 Feb 2017 Location: Suffolk Posts: 587  
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I did the same before I got this fan spray nozzle http://www.csiparts.co.uk/en-gb/collection...jet/165077  Click image to enlarge |
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17th Dec 2019 6:13pm |
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| htb2 Member Since: 02 Nov 2018 Location: Carmarthenshire Posts: 529 
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£80 squid, too much for me.
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17th Dec 2019 6:51pm |
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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6092 
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OK, in the washer jet theme....
My Td5, has the weakest front washer pump going.... it's crap. Anyone suggest a replacement pump that can be made to fit the washer bottle easily-ish (without spending the small fortune for that nice aluminium adaptor to fit the disco Td5 pump) I'm not bothered about fitting anothe vehicles' make of pump and bonding it into place with tiger seal.... that should do the trick! Would just like some better pressure and flow. I've already fitted 2x standard twin jets to the front screen, just need more water there. (don't want pipes up the wiper arms either) |
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17th Dec 2019 8:23pm |
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| Scotm Member Since: 28 Feb 2014 Location: Aberdeenshire Posts: 666  
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Swap over to the rear pump? It is more powerful anyway.
It is as easy as swapping over the electrical connections and the pipes. |
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19th Dec 2019 8:32am |
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| kallito Member Since: 21 Nov 2019 Location: Velturno Posts: 50  
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You could consider trying a headlight/windscreen washer pump for a Discovery3 or Range Rover.
quick search revealed part number DMC500020 instead of original DMC100540/DMC100550 I guess it'll fit into the seal and use same type of connectors from the pictures it seems to have the same connections as a general rule headlight washer pumps - especially when they only spray and don't have wipers helping out - need a lot of spraying power in order to clean the headlights. according to fuse box diagram Discovery 3 -> headlight/windscreen washer 25A Defender Puma -> rear wipers/wash 10A "Don't drink and drive. You might spill your drink." |
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19th Dec 2019 9:25am |
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| Roy5695 Member Since: 15 Feb 2014 Location: Cornwall Posts: 1123 
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Thats a lovely picture   this was before i fitted the disco 3 headlight washer pump too. absolutelt incredible with a 10mm internal diameter feed pipe and the new pump! *** new pump needs to be fed from a rel,ay though as the power required to make it pump is around the 17Amp mark!! works extremely well though! 2011 Defender DCPU 2.2 - https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic30623.html
Instagram - @r22oyp Roy |
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19th Dec 2019 11:35am |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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Have you fitted a water butt in the back to deal with the supply issues
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19th Dec 2019 1:54pm |
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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6092
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I've just done a little digging, the LR pump DMC100550 is a Durite 0-594-61
I think the problem I had/have with my current pump is it came in either a blue or white (bearmach) box... IIRC either way it didn't exactly astonish me when I first fitted it... .so might try the durite one. Good idea Kallilto... might try something like that also.... |
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19th Dec 2019 5:38pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20381
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You won’t go far wrong with Durite. Always had very good quality from them.
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19th Dec 2019 6:08pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17387 
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I use a Disco 2 headlight washer pump for the screen, and (IIRC) a Rover Metro headlight washer pump for the headlight jets. The pumps are actually the same alert from the angle of the outlet, the Rover pump being necessary to allow the delivery pipe to clear the second pump.
Both are incomparably better than the original. |
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19th Dec 2019 6:12pm |
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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6092
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^^^ Was the D2 headlight pump a direct fit to the defender water reservoir? or need that fancy adaptor?
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19th Dec 2019 6:27pm |
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| Roy5695 Member Since: 15 Feb 2014 Location: Cornwall Posts: 1123
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I didn’t need an adaptor for mine. Just pushed the pump into the original hole. 2011 Defender DCPU 2.2 - https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic30623.html
Instagram - @r22oyp Roy |
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19th Dec 2019 9:40pm |
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| doublecabjon Member Since: 28 Sep 2014 Location: Dorset Posts: 31
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Check the bottle isn’t full of black solidified screen wash jelly stuff. That can cause a supply problem.
That csi washer nozzle does look lovely though... |
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