67/68/69 cuda dilemma
I do tend to jump around a bit, however I have multiple things for this build going on in my head. It's like I have a built in rolodex and I am mentally working on different parts in my head for this thing. Kind of like the American Pickers guys, my brain pops when it sees the right thing needed for any given project on this thing.
Anyhoo, I got a really good deal awhile back on a windshield washer kit with the electric pump. Since this car is a blank slate as the fender tag was lost to the 4 winds long ago, it was a toss up as far as it being a prestolite V speed or corporate 2 speed wiper assembly under the hood. We all know the 2 speed wiper switch isnt set up for electric washer and uses a foot pump, and I have an electric washer reservoir tank.
Anyways I also got a nicely restored 2 speed wiper motor from another fabo member, and have 2 rough prestolite V speeds i will eventually turn into 1 good one. I also have the correct wiper switches for either type of motor.
Here is my solution since the new M&H engine and dash harnesses both have the brown electric washer wire serviced in, is to unpin it at the switch end. Repin it into a single connector, plugged into a single brown wire of the same gage, and run this wire down to the modified foot pump to this heavy duty momentary contact switch I just bought, then run the wire up to the fuse box and jump it in. This way nothing is modified in the car in such a way that it cannot be easily undone should we decide to rebuild a V speed at a later date for the car.
Below is an original pump that does not work, and the pump that I flipped over the cup and welded from the back, and opened up the back for a switch. I think I had pix of how I modded the foot pump mount awhile back. You can see theres enough room for the back of the switch to not touch the floorboard, however I will make a plastic shield to go behind the switch.
I do tend to jump around a bit, however I have multiple things for this build going on in my head. It's like I have a built in rolodex and I am mentally working on different parts in my head for this thing. Kind of like the American Pickers guys, my brain pops when it sees the right thing needed for any given project on this thing.
Anyhoo, I got a really good deal awhile back on a windshield washer kit with the electric pump. Since this car is a blank slate as the fender tag was lost to the 4 winds long ago, it was a toss up as far as it being a prestolite V speed or corporate 2 speed wiper assembly under the hood. We all know the 2 speed wiper switch isnt set up for electric washer and uses a foot pump, and I have an electric washer reservoir tank.
Anyways I also got a nicely restored 2 speed wiper motor from another fabo member, and have 2 rough prestolite V speeds i will eventually turn into 1 good one. I also have the correct wiper switches for either type of motor.
Here is my solution since the new M&H engine and dash harnesses both have the brown electric washer wire serviced in, is to unpin it at the switch end. Repin it into a single connector, plugged into a single brown wire of the same gage, and run this wire down to the modified foot pump to this heavy duty momentary contact switch I just bought, then run the wire up to the fuse box and jump it in. This way nothing is modified in the car in such a way that it cannot be easily undone should we decide to rebuild a V speed at a later date for the car.
Below is an original pump that does not work, and the pump that I flipped over the cup and welded from the back, and opened up the back for a switch. I think I had pix of how I modded the foot pump mount awhile back. You can see theres enough room for the back of the switch to not touch the floorboard, however I will make a plastic shield to go behind the switch.
