67/68/69 cuda dilemma
So i am working on a mod kit of sorts for this car. Its a 2 speed wiper setup with a manual foot pump washer. Pump is shot, a NOS one is insanely expensive, used ones are about as bad as what i have, nobody makes repops.
So awhile back i bought M&H wiring harnesses from yearone, and the wire for an electric washer is serviced in the dash harness which i would have expected because the OEM dash harness has that wire. but the electric pump washer wire is also serviced in the engine side harness as well. The OEM engine harness normally doesnt have this wire. Its added in on the assembly line if the car got the upgraded Vspeed and electric washer.
Anyhow being the foot pump is shot, it got me thinking. Most of the wiring is serviced in new harnesses, and the pump wire going to the 2 speed wiper switch is unused, i will make an electric pump setup. I cannot mod the 2 speed switch to operate a pump motor, but i can mod the foot pump bracket, and unpin the pump wire from the plug going into the wiper switch, using packard 56 terminals and single wire insulating plugs to make it appear stock, i will extend with a brown #12 ga wire and run this wire down to a water resistant normally open momentary contact switch built into the foot pump bracket, then run the wire back up and with another packard 56 spade tie it into the fusebox.
I removed the fragged foot pump, and removed the cup, then cut out a 2" hole in the main bracket, flipped the cup upside down and tack welded it in 4 places on the back side. This gets the height up for a switch, and gives enough room for wires having to come out of the back side of the switch so the switch has enough room that the wires can bend and not hit the floor and short out. So far its sandblasted and in primer. Will eventually get painted gloss black.
I am still researching my options for a water resistant switch or a switch that i can fit a rubber boot over that will fill the existing hole. The rest such as the wiring will be pretty easy. See pix below for a switch i found. Would be nice to find one with a black button.
So i am working on a mod kit of sorts for this car. Its a 2 speed wiper setup with a manual foot pump washer. Pump is shot, a NOS one is insanely expensive, used ones are about as bad as what i have, nobody makes repops.
So awhile back i bought M&H wiring harnesses from yearone, and the wire for an electric washer is serviced in the dash harness which i would have expected because the OEM dash harness has that wire. but the electric pump washer wire is also serviced in the engine side harness as well. The OEM engine harness normally doesnt have this wire. Its added in on the assembly line if the car got the upgraded Vspeed and electric washer.
Anyhow being the foot pump is shot, it got me thinking. Most of the wiring is serviced in new harnesses, and the pump wire going to the 2 speed wiper switch is unused, i will make an electric pump setup. I cannot mod the 2 speed switch to operate a pump motor, but i can mod the foot pump bracket, and unpin the pump wire from the plug going into the wiper switch, using packard 56 terminals and single wire insulating plugs to make it appear stock, i will extend with a brown #12 ga wire and run this wire down to a water resistant normally open momentary contact switch built into the foot pump bracket, then run the wire back up and with another packard 56 spade tie it into the fusebox.
I removed the fragged foot pump, and removed the cup, then cut out a 2" hole in the main bracket, flipped the cup upside down and tack welded it in 4 places on the back side. This gets the height up for a switch, and gives enough room for wires having to come out of the back side of the switch so the switch has enough room that the wires can bend and not hit the floor and short out. So far its sandblasted and in primer. Will eventually get painted gloss black.
I am still researching my options for a water resistant switch or a switch that i can fit a rubber boot over that will fill the existing hole. The rest such as the wiring will be pretty easy. See pix below for a switch i found. Would be nice to find one with a black button.