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TulsaFred

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My bugeye dash is missing the washer pump. I bought the pump as a repro, but I can't find the little metal cup (I think) that it mounts in. I have the pump and a hole in the dash, but I'm missing something.
Can anyone fill me in on what it is, what it looks like, and if there are any available anywhere?

Thanks!
Fred
 
Here is a photo. There are two cups, one with a chrome bezel which goes through the hole in the front of the inst. panel. Behind that one is another cup which goes behind the dash, and the pump is behind that. Additional nuts hold the whole thing together. I had the same problem with my build, and finally bought an original one. I have a repro. one which is really poorly built.
Good luck.
Scott in CA
 

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I bought one of those repro washers too, and was very disappointed. The shaft is not firmly swedeged into the case and so the button sort of flops all over the place. The button is very hard to push in and does not return easily. I wish I had not replaced it; I mean it looks cool and all that, but I bet I will never use it.

Charlie
 
Thanks guys.

The biggest problem I have is that only the pump seems to be available as a repro. The two cups Scott showed in his pic (Thanks!) don't seem to be repro'd.

I'll keep looking, but so far haven't seen any available on ebay.
My car had the W/W option, but maybe I should just block the hole and bag it. I can't see going down the road and pushing that little squirter anyway.

Fred
 
They don't come up on Ebay all the time, but you may want to check EbayUK too. Another source might be Colin Dodd in Australia. I am on vacation right now, but maybe someone else has his email address.
Kevin
 
By the way, I have an original pump in a box somewhere that I will never use
 
Just to muddy the waters, I have seen two type of knobs for the windscreen washer. I have seen one as shown in my picture at the top of the post, which came with my reproduction pump. I have seen and is on my car, the photo shown below, which came with my "OE" pump. Which one is right?
I looked up the Concours Guidelines and it says "<span style="font-style: italic">Windscreen washer pump knob – Black knob with white engraved lettering
which read "Screenwasher" and "Push". The pump type windscreen knob
was used on both the Trafalger and Tudor systems</span>.
BTW, the ebay reference above is, I think, just for the knob.
Also the reproduction knob had a different threaded hole and would not fit the "OE" one I have.

Anyone know the details?
Scott in CA
 

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Sorry, I read it wrong and thought you were looking for a knob. My pump has the cup that you need if I remember right.
 
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