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11-24-2003, 12:07 PM | #1 |
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Windshield washer
My windshield washer is not working. When I push the button nothing happens, no sound, no nothing. My resevoir is in good condition and full of fluid. With winter coming and sloppy roads, I would like to get this fixed as this is my daily driver.
Any ideas? Thanks!
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11-24-2003, 12:15 PM | #2 |
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Simplest fix is to buy an universal electric pump at a parts store or even Wal-mart and dump the factory pump as the location under the dash makes it a pain to work on
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11-24-2003, 12:24 PM | #3 |
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Go to the bone yard. Find a mid 80's chevy with the electric pump in the tank. Take it home. Drill 2 holes in the inner fender. Mount the tank. Now remove the cowl. replace the 2 bubber hoses to the nozzels. then connect them with a "T". Then connect to your new tank. Next crawl under the dash. And disconnect the plug that has 2 wires into the wiper motor. Now hook up the 2 leads from the new tank motor, into the plug, not the wiper motor. 2 spade connectors will do the trick. Now when you press the wiper button down a nice steady stream of fluild will continue to spray untill you release the button.
Ekk. ... I just saw you said nothing is working. Pull that plug at the motor and with a test lamp, see if it is getting power when you press the button. I would also check grounds, and the swich it's self. If your swich works, try the conversion I just posted, it works great, hold almost a gallon of fluid, and onlt took me about 2 hours to complete. If ya really wanted to, you could just connect the "T" at the wiper motor under the dash, and save the work of removing the cowl. |
11-24-2003, 12:25 PM | #4 |
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BTW, my tank came out of a 1986 K5 Blazer.
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11-24-2003, 01:13 PM | #5 |
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i have converted about 5 trucks to the aftermarket pump. to me its the way to go. the last one i did took like 20 mins. not hard at all. cost about 12-15 bucks.
get the universal pump kit. it has everything you need. other than some wire. the hardest part if finding where to plug it into your old pumpmotor. i had a pict of this, cant seem to find it.. but ill look some more later. in short, when you lay on the floor and look under dash (drivers side) you can see the pump motor. kind of on the right side of the motor there is a 2 prog connection. with 3 wires, 2 yellows and a blue. the yellows come together on the one prong. if you have an a/c truck you may have to pull the botom hose off on one end, and dig a little. once you find the connection, its a bit hard to get off, i used a needle nose to pull it off, no tong, just pull. then just plug the wires from the new pump into the plug you just pulled off the motor. like i said, finding the plug is the hard part, once you do it one, you can knock the job out fast.
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11-24-2003, 01:24 PM | #6 |
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Thanks guys. I will see what I can come up with.
Racedvl, did you rig some ram air induction on your breather? I was just thinking about doing the same thing.
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11-24-2003, 02:07 PM | #7 |
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Nope. That is my upper rad. hose. . . . . .
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11-24-2003, 03:55 PM | #8 |
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if that were mine id be out there polishing that engine compartment. its pretty dirty.
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11-24-2003, 04:05 PM | #9 |
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I've put a factory pump in just about every truck I've ever owned. It does take a little time though. The easiest way is to bite the bullet and remove the wiper motor. It takes some time but it makes it alot easier. Plus you can lube your wiper arms while your doing the job. Don't forget to mark the stud on the motor and the wiper arm, otherwise you can install them 180* out.
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It's a engine ain't it supposed to be dirty?!? I drive this truck alot, detailing the engine would be a complete waste of time. |
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12-15-2003, 04:01 PM | #13 |
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racedvl, did you use your factory washer fluid tank as an overflow for the radiator?
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12-15-2003, 05:23 PM | #14 |
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No sir, I used a overflow from a caprice.
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12-15-2003, 06:59 PM | #15 |
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The universal pump is probably the best way to go. My dad bought a new 67-72 35$ Pump at a swap meet. It took me more than 2 hours to complete. The first time he pushed the button the pump got stuck on and burnt itself up. $35 and 2 hourswasted! Universal ones are probably the best way to go. Even LMC sells unversal pumps in their 67-72 chevy catalogs!
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Caprice Overflow Tank
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I like the way that overflow tank fits the inner fender. Can you tell me what years that tank was in? Any other models that had that tank? Thanks alot, 72longbed |
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Re: Caprice Overflow Tank
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04-22-2004, 04:47 AM | #18 |
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my wiper fluid pump doesn't work .... so i ran a 7ft hose from my rad overflow nozzle to my fluid tank on the driver side inner fender and used it as a coolant catch .... works great
i never use my squirters anyway ....
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