TR2/3/3A Late TR3A windscreen Washers

[SPACER]

My 59 post TS6000 TR3A has windscreen washer jets installed the scuttle.
There are no other washer components in the car.
Are these original or aftermarket additions?

Thanks,
Bob

 

[Moseso]

That's how my pre-60K '59 came to me. What do they look like? Mine were about 3/8" chrome domes with a hole in 'em, and a hex skirt at the bottom, for tightening.

When I hooked 'em up to a generic electric pump, they shot clear over the windscreen onto the boot. I had to replace them with something aimable. It all works now.

 

[Kleykamp]

They use a manual syphon pump which is located on the dash. I don't know if it was factory or dealer installed, but understand several different pumps were used which make me believe it was a dealer installed option. Mine was located where you would normally see the overdrive switch on an overdrive car. There was a NOS pump on ebay recently.

 

[6TTR3A]

<span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="color: #006600">My post 60K also had them but there was no evidence of any other components being installed. No holes in the dash, no holes on the inner fenders for a bottle. IMO the factory poked holes in the scuttle & installed the chrome nuts IN CASE the owner wanted factory (?) or dealer (?) installed washers.
Frank</span></span>

 

[Arrow]

All three of my TR-3As (post 6000) have them too but nothing connected to them. I am sure the cowel was manufactured with the holes and what you are calling washer jets were installed to fill the holes. Then as an option they had the misc parts that actually made them functional washers. None of my three has anything beyond the "washer jets".

 

[TR3TomG]

My 61 had the holes. It was easy to find the parts/hoses and hook the washers up to a push button system that actually works. I think having the bottle and hoses and makeing it all work rounds out a nice restoration.

 

[CJD]

Mine had the "Tudor" bottle mounted in the bonnet, flimsy 1/8" clear plastic hose going from the bottle through the wiper grommet leading to the push button pump on the far left (driver) extreme dash. There were 2 outlets on the pump itself with clear plastic flimsy clear hose leading to each nozzle. The nozzles (whew, I'm getting exhausted walking through the mental picture!) each have a little anti-backflow valve built in, to keep the fluid from siphoning back into the bottle.

John

 

[vivdownunder]

The unconnected washer outlets in the scuttle were factory original.

Washer bottles are documented as being a dealer fitment, usually fixed to the left inner guard, and usually Tudor brand, but not always, depending where they were sourced. The jets were manually operated by a hand push pump that I've seen mounted through the dash beside the lower corner of the small gauge panel, or via an underdash bracket. You could dislocate your thumb from the resistance pressure of the hand pump on cars I've had.

A useful update is to instal a period Lucas electric washer with the square glass bottle, as used in Mk2 Jags etc., which holds much more water and provides a decent spray.

Viv.