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  • Replacing a Windshield Washer Pump
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    From "Talk2DIY Automotive"
    episode DTTA-125


    • Typically, on most vehicles, the windshield washer pump is located at the base of the windshield washer fluid reservoir. The motor is usually a universal motor (figure A). You have the reservoir side and the side that lets the fluid come out and go to a tube that runs up to your windshield washer distribution system and contact points for the connector.


    • You will access this from underneath your vehicle. On the electric windshield wiper motor, there is a connector that has to be disconnected. A small pin has to be released (figure B) and then you will be able to disconnect the motor.
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    Figure A
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    Figure B

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    Figure C
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    Figure D

    • You can confirm whether or not the motor is okay by using a 9-volt battery. Just touch the ends of it to the two terminals on the motor (figure C). If it is okay, you should be able to hear the motor.

    • If the motor is bad, remove the fluid line from the washer fluid reservoir and then the motor will pop right out.

    • There is a rubber seal (figure D) that is on the reservoir and you need to remove it also. The new motor will come with a new seal.

    • Check the new motor out by also testing it with a 9-volt battery to make sure it is okay, then just pop it back in place and reconnect everything.


    RESOURCES :

    Griot's Garage
    3500-A 20th St. E.
    Tacoma, WA 98427
    Website: www.griotsgarage.com

    Westward Tools
    Website: www.westwardtools.com

    Jasper Engines and Transmissions
    PO Box 650
    Jasper, IN 47547-0650
    Toll-free: 800-827-7455
    E-mail: sales@jasperengines.com
    Website: www.jasperengines.com

    Polishes, Waxes and Cleaners (Mothers Inc.)
    Mothers® Inc.
    Website:www.mothers.com

    California Car Duster (The Glove)
    Website: www.carduster.com

    Edelbrock Performance Products
    Website: www.edelbrock.com

    Mobile Air Conditioning Society (MACS)
    MACS
    PO Box 88
    Lansdale, PA 19446
    Phone: 215-631-7020
    Fax: 215-631-7017
    Website: www.macsw.org

    Car Stereo Speaker Projects Illustrated
    Author: Daniel L. Ferguson
    Publisher: McGraw Hill (July 2000)
    ISBN: 0071359680
    Order this title from Amazon.com.


    GUESTS :

    Jack Debiasion
    Scosche Industries, Inc.
    1550 Pacific Ave.
    Oxnard, CA 93033
    Toll-free: 800-363-4490
    E-mail: jdebiasio@scosche.com
    Website: www.scosche.com

  • ALSO IN THIS EPISODE:
  		• Automotive Tips
  		• Sulfuric Odor from the Exhaust
  		• Installing an Air Conditioning Compressor on 1996 Blazer
  		• Replacing a Windshield Washer Pump
  		• Spark Plug Wires