Thought I would share this with you also, as i assume you suffer from the dreaded dirty camera when your reversing

taztastic wrote:

Over the winter I have noticed that the rear view camera quickly gets covered in road salt and dirt in general, it has happened again over the last few days, with temperatures dropping and the grit lorries coming back out. After a short drive, when you come to reverse the screen view is almost unviewable and renders the camera useless.

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So I set about creating a wash system for the camera, its surprisingly easy to do and makes a huge difference, requiring just a few simple parts.

Parts List

1 metre length of tubing, available from Aquarium suppliers, 4mm or thereabouts.
1 1/4 Tee piece, eBay have them and easy to source, aquarium suppliers
Washer Spray Nozzle, I sourced a chrome one from early Mini's, Wood & Picket in London stock them, I got mine on aBay

Washer nozzle and tubing

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Tee Piece


Nozzle fitted and connected, my dealer had stuck a self tapper through the tailgate to mount the number plate, why I am not sure as there is nothing to stop corrosion, silly idea but they always do this, so I used this hole, which actually sits directly below the camera and came in useful, you could use the existing plastic mounts that LR provide as these will also work quite well, although the thread on the washer may not be long enough.

Simply route the tubing up through the tailgate and cut the rear window washer tubing fit the tee piece and connect into that.
For peace of mind I would put a tie wrap on the connectors, at work we have some special ferrules, these are good up to 80psi, so little chance of the connections popping off and filling the tailgate with water.

I also have a small 12v water solenoid that was to be fitted, this would sit in the water line and only be activated when the reverse lights are on, this would save water as it wouldn't squirt through the camera jet when not needed, however, the electrics didn't like the solenoid so that idea was abandoned, in practice it uses very little water anyway.

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Video of the washer in action from the outside, its quite discrete.


Video of the screen display with the washer in action, as you can see it works well.

That is a genius idea. If I didn't have such a complete lack of capability for DIY I would defo do this! L405 P400e Autobiography (MY2020)... Silicon Silver / Espresso
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he has been asked for a parts/price/supplier breakdown and any video help that he might have

hopefully he will post something up later and i'll let you know if he does

How too video has just been shared

Hope it helps

Taztastic wrote:

Been thinking of something like that for a while.

Looks great, better get my tool out.

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you better watch the last video, it was a april fools and the nozzle was powered by a syringe

saying that Wiggs took inspiration and made one for his Disco yesterday afternoon

flydive wrote:

Been thinking of something like that for a while.

Looks great, better get my tool out.

No need to get too excited........  2015 - HSE Dynamic - Santorini - Stealth Pack
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Well, even if the video is a fake, is an idea I was toying with since a while.

It might be the boost to get working on it. '08 RRS TDV8
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