Headlight Washer System 1969 Camaro Rally Sport

[70 copo]

After starting the rebuild on my 1969 Z-11 headlight washers I found I was missing the Check Valve which is not currently reproduced. After placing an ad in the wanted section I located a complete set of original hoses from member Jeff Boone - 69L78. Since mine were nearly rotted to dust Jeff's hoses were an important find as the original lengths of all the small hoses could be determined with accuracy.

There are some notable limitations to the reproduction hose kits namely that the kits are technically incorrect, incomplete, and would likely not function correctly if use was attempted. The key here is the missing check valve Headlight washer check valve which is not included as part of the kit. Absent the valve in theory the reproduction kit would work but you would have to rebuild pressure each time you were use them to get them to spray.

The valve as installed by GM keeps the 4 nozzles on the headlight washers pressured up so when you hit the spray button on the dash there was little to no latency at the spray pressure way up front on the headlight bulbs.

The original as installed valves were mostly white and the service replacements were black. Again neither are currently reproduced.