bob hughes
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Am I ashamed - no!
I have just brought my car further into the 21 century with a motorised washer pump. The old Mk 1 hand push unit has been playing up for years and I have had to fiddle with it to get it to work for the annual MOT certificate, it has now totally packed up.
Looking at the offerings from all the usual suspects I decided that as I had a spare way in my auxiliary fused box (inside the cockpit) left over from the installation of an auxiliary power point for a sat nav / phone charger, I would put in an electric pump. It would fit on a purpose made bracket and utilizing 2 existing captive nut screw holes built into the side of the cross fresh air duct, the motor would then be sitting on top of the duct. My original thoughts were to screw the motor direct into these holes but I remembered just in time that the water bottle virtually covered the holes and hence the pump and bottle would clash.
I have tried to locate a switch that looked similar to the old pump push and have purchased something that was akin to it ( similar to a starter switch) but when it arrived it was huge by comparison, so for now I have settled for a lever (momentarily on) switch. The pump was purchased from Ebay and did not have any rating details, my first stab at 3amps was off the mark but a 5 amp fuse appears to be holding when the pump is under load. - So much easier than bending the thumb on the manual system, and all for the princely sum of just under £10.
Bob
I have just brought my car further into the 21 century with a motorised washer pump. The old Mk 1 hand push unit has been playing up for years and I have had to fiddle with it to get it to work for the annual MOT certificate, it has now totally packed up.
Looking at the offerings from all the usual suspects I decided that as I had a spare way in my auxiliary fused box (inside the cockpit) left over from the installation of an auxiliary power point for a sat nav / phone charger, I would put in an electric pump. It would fit on a purpose made bracket and utilizing 2 existing captive nut screw holes built into the side of the cross fresh air duct, the motor would then be sitting on top of the duct. My original thoughts were to screw the motor direct into these holes but I remembered just in time that the water bottle virtually covered the holes and hence the pump and bottle would clash.
I have tried to locate a switch that looked similar to the old pump push and have purchased something that was akin to it ( similar to a starter switch) but when it arrived it was huge by comparison, so for now I have settled for a lever (momentarily on) switch. The pump was purchased from Ebay and did not have any rating details, my first stab at 3amps was off the mark but a 5 amp fuse appears to be holding when the pump is under load. - So much easier than bending the thumb on the manual system, and all for the princely sum of just under £10.
Bob