Date:         Mon, 14 Jan 2002 23:05:05 -0800
Reply-To:     Leon Korkin <korkwood@WSHOST.NET>
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From:         Leon Korkin <korkwood@WSHOST.NET>
Subject:      Re: windshield washer fluid pump...........conundrum
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Must be the switch. Clean contacts with fine sandpaper and carefuly bend contact a little to create more
pressure when activating lever. You will need to remove steering column cover  to get to this switch.
Leon
85 Subwagen westy

1/14/02 10:56:33 PM, Bassim Dowidar <handfulofdimes@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

>Was getting the beast (87 wolfsberg weekender)ready
>for a trip, decided to finally fix the front
>windshield wiper fluid pump. Easy, right?
>
>1. thought it was just empty so....fill it. Fluid
>leaked everywhere. container was full. = broken pump
>
>2. pulled container/pump combo - everything appears
>attached appropriately.
>
>3. pulled off hose from pump - placed low pressure air
>at end of hose and could feel it coming out of
>sprayers at windshield. = no clog in hose
>
>4. pulled plug off pump - voltmetered the ends with my
>brother triggering the pump from inside = 12 volts
>
>5. connected pump while attached to container to
>external 12 volt battery - sprayed about 10 feet
>
>6. reconnect plug, hose, etc. no spray. not even a
>sound from the pump.
>
>What the heck is going on?
>
>
>additional info - usually when you trigger the pump
>from inside, the windshield wipers are also
>automatically triggered to wipe three times. I get no
>wiping at all..... unless the pump is unhooked from
>its electricity source - then I get three wipes.
>
>I'm just going to replace the pump and see what
>happens. Unless I find them to be, er, spendy.
>
>
>Thanks in advance for any thoughts.
>
>
>
>Bassim
>Seattle, WA
>Idea for bumper sticker - "I am accelerating!"
>
>
>
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