Windshield washer question????

[negusm]

DayTonaTim, that car you have also has something wierd metal plates on the strut towers. Not normal for that car.

Somebody was mucking around in the engine bay for sure.

-Mike

[DaytonaTim]

DayTonaTim, that car you have also has something wierd metal plates on the strut towers. Not normal for that car.

Somebody was mucking around in the engine bay for sure.

-Mike

Yes those are BBK caster/camber plates. The guy I got the car off of put them on. He was in the process of doing a V8 conversion on it so I know he did not waste any time making a dual snorkle setup on the car.


The full list of mods that he did was:

Close ratio rack and pinion steering, new inner and outer tie rod ends, new front wheel bearings, bbk caster/camber plates, KYB shocks and struts/ quad shock rear, 8.8 posi rear with 3.27 ratio, heavy sway bars front and rear with urathate bushings, Eibach lowering coil springs front and rear, double hump trans cross member, Ford racing sub frame connectors, mack boxed upper and lower control arms in rear, T/A aluminum differential cover with bearing pre loads, new V8 heavy cooling radiator, new master cylinder, flex fan.

[DaytonaTim]

Sure enough, I got around to looking into that second snorkle this weekend and it was definately a homemade setup. It looked real good on the outside, but on the inside it was hacked up pretty good.

So I took it off and patched the hole.

Now I am looking to restore the washer resevior.

Can anyone tell me if the washer pump is molded right in to the tank?
Is there anything I should watchout for on a used tank/pump. (ie any known problems)

[svo413]

The washer pump just slides in from the side. It's the same design as the late 60s mustangs. It is just held in with a star washer. Not sure if the part is the same as the 60s but likely is. The pumps get corroded and can be hard to remove in one piece. New generic pumps are around $10 but Ford gets $40 or more. Get a used tank and try the pump. If it works, don't try to remove it. The top of the tank is glued on but sometimes they come loose. It makes it a lot easier to clean inside.

[DaytonaTim]

OK, thanks.

It is good to know you can still get a new pump if needed, that was the part I was most worried about buying used.

[negusm]

The washer pump just slides in from the side. It's the same design as the late 60s mustangs. It is just held in with a star washer. Not sure if the part is the same as the 60s but likely is. The pumps get corroded and can be hard to remove in one piece. New generic pumps are around $10 but Ford gets $40 or more. Get a used tank and try the pump. If it works, don't try to remove it. The top of the tank is glued on but sometimes they come loose. It makes it a lot easier to clean inside.

I think it is exactly the same. However, the guys on ebay selling them as 60's NOS parts want like $30 or more for one. They are much less from 50 Resto and the like.

-Mike