washer electric or manual

[sidsmith]

Hi all, I am thinking of changing my windscreen washer on Mungo a 1956 splitscreen for an electrical one, I have read somewhere that an electrical one from a mini or metro can be used therefore can anyone clarify this and also the best way to wire it ?

[Alec]

Hello Sid,

on our later Traveller (1968) I replaced the wiper switch with a three position switch, off - on - spring return on. This gives wipers on then depress further to power the washer, release and the switch goes back to just wipers. I can't remember the details but I would have picked up a green (cable) power source to supply the washer, and then earth the other side of the pump.

There are plenty of electric washer bottles suitable, try any scrap yard, E Bay etc.

Alec

[simmitc]

You can keep the standard bottle and just connect an electric pump to the tubing - available from any good accessory shop. Wiring simple: one terminal to body (earth) other terminal to momentary (push or flick) switch and then to fuse.

[Gareth]

I have the underslung type of manual plunger - it was attached to a smal bracket beneath the dashboard.

I was able to buy, from a well respected classic car parts and accessories dealer based on the Worcestershire/Herefordshire border, a high quality (10mm diameter, IIRC) metal push-to-make switch. This fitted exactly in the bracket, and is wholly unobtrusive.

To power the washers, I fitted an inline pump from my local motor factor (don't try Halfords, they had nothing suitable). You can get pumps with brackets already fitted for affixing to the inner wing, which is what I did.

Looks lovely, and works a treat!

[Alec]

Hello Gareth,

"I fitted an inline pump from my local motor factor (don't try Halfords, they had nothing suitable)."

Just to say that my local Halfords branch does stock suitable pumps with integral brackets.

Alec

[sidsmith]

I got a new washer pump from my generous cousin, he took it off a mini
to wire it I took a feed from an extra fuse box I had put in and fed it to the one side of a on off toggle switch, from the other side of the switch I fed the power to the washer motor and from the other side of the motor I fed a wire to earth on the body of the car. All that was left to do was put some plastic tubing from the motor to the jets on the bonnet and from the other side of the motor to the water reservoir . simple aint it.

[Gareth]

I stand corrected! Clearly the Oswestry branch is more comprehensive than the fine purveyor of bicycles and milled aluminium tax discs that Oldbury has to offer! ::D:

Glad you found fitting the electric washer easy - doing so has really made driving the Morris easier, although in fairness I fear that the old pump-action thing was on its last legs. ::):

[DanRodd]

i find the thumb on the plunger method works very well,no electrics to go wrong!