If the switch is as on my '70 GT6+, it's a manual pump. Great bit of
engineering--electrical wiper switch with manual pump built in!
I may have an extra on my parts car. Let me know if it would work...
John Donohoe
'70 GT6+ KC 81718
'70 GT6+ (future Sixfire)
---"R.D. Waid" <msp01091@isd.net> wrote:
>
> My name is Bob Waid. I've owned a 71 Spit Mk IV since Aug, 1996, but
I'm new to
> the list.
> I have never understood the windshield washer arrangement
(non-functioning) in
> my car. You can push the wiper knob in and out and get an air
puffing sound but
> no liquid ever comes out of the jets or moves through the hoses. I
was working
> out of a factory manual that I got with the car, but it gives no
details about
> the sytem. I just bought the Haynes Manual recently. This reads as
if there is a
> small electric motor inside the wiper knob body that drives the
pump. Needless
> to say, if there is such a motor in there, it's not working. Has
anybody
> repaired or reconditioned this motor (if it exists), or if it is a
manual air
> pump, what are the common causes of failure and possible fixes?
>
> Sincerely baffled,
> Bob Waid
> St. Paul, MN
> 71 Spitfire FK4081L
>
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