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Headlight washers on a '69?
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Burning Brakes
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Headlight washers on a '69?
Working on the headlights tonite and I found this on both of them (the pen is to show scale):
neither was hooked up, I dont think I'm gonna put them back in. It seems like it would just make the headlights attract dirt if you just sprayed them with wiper fluid.
Anyone else ever seen this?
neither was hooked up, I dont think I'm gonna put them back in. It seems like it would just make the headlights attract dirt if you just sprayed them with wiper fluid.
Anyone else ever seen this?
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Re: Headlight washers on a '69? (Shrike)
Yes, all '69's had them. I believe it was the only year Shark (or any Vette, for that matter) with headlight washers.
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Re: Headlight washers on a '69? (Shrike)
I have mine hooked up and working they are sorta :cool: I think, they are why the 69 washer pump is unique.
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Burning Brakes
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Re: Headlight washers on a '69?
71'AirStrike- Bwahahahaha!
:lol:
I had no idea, you learn something new every day. Well, maybe I will hook it up and see how it does. I can always unhook it if I don't like it.
Thanks for the replies!
:lol:
I had no idea, you learn something new every day. Well, maybe I will hook it up and see how it does. I can always unhook it if I don't like it.
Thanks for the replies!
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Re: Headlight washers on a '69? (Shrike)
Yes, all '69's had them. I believe it was the only year Shark (or any Vette, for that matter) with headlight washers.
These came on the cars until the middle of the '71 model year. I've got them on my '71. '71's are odd with this option, in that as the year progressed, more and more of the system disappeared. I've seen cars that have the pump and hoses, but no squirters, 3-port pumps and 5 hoses, and no hoses at all but "D" shaped holes in the headlight bezel. The later in the year you got, the fewer pieces you had...
These came on the cars until the middle of the '71 model year. I've got them on my '71. '71's are odd with this option, in that as the year progressed, more and more of the system disappeared. I've seen cars that have the pump and hoses, but no squirters, 3-port pumps and 5 hoses, and no hoses at all but "D" shaped holes in the headlight bezel. The later in the year you got, the fewer pieces you had...
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Burning Brakes
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Re: Headlight washers on a '69? (BSiegPaint)
So...do they just spray the headlights whenever you wash the windshield (or vice versa)? Or is there a way to squirt one with out the other?
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Re: Headlight washers on a '69? (Shrike)
If you don't intend to use them and they are original, you can make a few bucks on them as the NCRS crowd needs originals and are willing to pay the price. A 5-port washer in good working order can easily bring you $200-300 as these haven't been made in beacoup years and nobody (at least when I restored my '70 some years back) provides reproductions. I sold one 5-port pump for $250 (fair condition but not broken in any way) a few years back and the guy was glad to pay it just to get the original part. Over the years the plastic nipples at the ports break off. After that, most people who want to keep SOME originality usually just "T" off a standard 3-port washer so the squirters work.
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Re: Headlight washers on a '69? (toddalin)
The 69 pump isn't a 5 port pump, it's a unique 3 + 2 pump. The headlight squirters have a separate solenoid mounted on the drivers side of the 3 port portion of the pump. This separate portion has 2 ports. Supposedly, if you push the washer button once, just the windshield squirters squirt, but if you hold the washer button down, you activate the solenoid, allowing the headlight squirter to squirt too.
The 5 port pump was used from 70 to maybe 72. I believe the HL squirters were discontinued in late 71 or 72. They're a unique feature. Why "mess" with them? If you take them off, what will you do with the 4 holes in your headlight bezels? :) BTW, the metal headlight bezels with the D cutouts for the headlight washers are tough to find. Chuck
The 5 port pump was used from 70 to maybe 72. I believe the HL squirters were discontinued in late 71 or 72. They're a unique feature. Why "mess" with them? If you take them off, what will you do with the 4 holes in your headlight bezels? :) BTW, the metal headlight bezels with the D cutouts for the headlight washers are tough to find. Chuck
