w/washer jar? bag?
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Burning Brakes
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From: Clarksville Indiana
w/washer jar? bag?
My assembly manual in one section shows a w/washer fluid jar under the r/s fender and in another section shows a w/washer fluid bag under the l/s fender. Should both be there? I only have a bag on hangers on l/s, I dont see how you can fill it. also did the headlight washers come on all 71's? Theres no sign of it on mine except small holes in the light covers that I guess a nozel once could have been.
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My assembly manual in one section shows a w/washer fluid jar under the r/s fender and in another section shows a w/washer fluid bag under the l/s fender. Should both be there? I only have a bag on hangers on l/s, I dont see how you can fill it. also did the headlight washers come on all 71's? Theres no sign of it on mine except small holes in the light covers that I guess a nozel once could have been.
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My assembly manual in one section shows a w/washer fluid jar under the r/s fender and in another section shows a w/washer fluid bag under the l/s fender. Should both be there? I only have a bag on hangers on l/s, I dont see how you can fill it. also did the headlight washers come on all 71's? Theres no sign of it on mine except small holes in the light covers that I guess a nozel once could have been.
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The washer "bag" was installed in the A/C equipped cars; the non-A/C cars got the bottle/tank. You can just get your fingers on the cap [of the bag] to twist it off. But you need a long spout on the filler to get the 'juice' into it.
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Burning Brakes
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OK great I'm not missing another part I have to locate. Mine is BB and A/C so guess it got the cheesey bag on a hook. The manual is a lot of help sometimes but aggravating sometimes also trying to figure it out. It shows the headlight washer system but I dont see anything indicating it was a option that I may or may not have.
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OK great I'm not missing another part I have to locate. Mine is BB and A/C so guess it got the cheesey bag on a hook. The manual is a lot of help sometimes but aggravating sometimes also trying to figure it out. It shows the headlight washer system but I dont see anything indicating it was a option that I may or may not have.
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My '71 was built in Dec. of '70. It did not receive the [bulk of] the headlight washer system. I'm not sure that any '71s got the entire system. Mine only has the washer hose runs from about the brake M/C area to forward end of the front clip (along the inside of the fender). It also has headlight bezels which DO have the "D" holes for mounting the nozzles. I suspect the removal of this headlight washer system was a "last minute" cost-cutting decision and the hose bundles were already packaged complete; the connection ends of those hoses probably got cut off on, or just before, the final assembly line. The other parts were probably available also, but they just didn't get assembled. The cost-savings was made up by not 'spending' the assembly time for those "missing" parts.
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OK great I'm not missing another part I have to locate. Mine is BB and A/C so guess it got the cheesey bag on a hook. The manual is a lot of help sometimes but aggravating sometimes also trying to figure it out. It shows the headlight washer system but I dont see anything indicating it was a option that I may or may not have.
The A.I.M. is not the right place to identify options. Look in a Corvette Black Book or one of the many restoration guides or the NCRS Tech manual and guides.
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The neck on the bag collapses so you need a funnel with a long rigid neck you can push down through the narrow part of the bag to get the fluid into it.It's also lots of fun trying to get that limp washer hose back into the bag when you're done filling it.
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My '71 was built in Dec. of '70. It did not receive the [bulk of] the headlight washer system. I'm not sure that any '71s got the entire system. Mine only has the washer hose runs from about the brake M/C area to forward end of the front clip (along the inside of the fender). It also has headlight bezels which DO have the "D" holes for mounting the nozzles. I suspect the removal of this headlight washer system was a "last minute" cost-cutting decision and the hose bundles were already packaged complete; the connection ends of those hoses probably got cut off on, or just before, the final assembly line. The other parts were probably available also, but they just didn't get assembled. The cost-savings was made up by not 'spending' the assembly time for those "missing" parts.
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My 69 has the headlamp washers, washer pump has additional electrical solenoid pump for the arms, the main pump goes to headlamp system.
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My original early 68 Nov build 69 bag does not have a 3 inch neck. Yesterday I was trying to figure out how to remove and found impossible unless maybe needle nose pliers are used. Lid was a problem also to get off.
My 69 has the headlamp washers, washer pump has additional electrical solenoid pump for the arms, the main pump goes to headlamp system.
My 69 has the headlamp washers, washer pump has additional electrical solenoid pump for the arms, the main pump goes to headlamp system.