Windshield washer fix

[spidernut]

When I pulled my windshield washer bottle on my 80 Spider, I found a massive glob of silicone at the bottom where the seal is located in the bottom for the washer pump. The prior owner put in an inline aftermarket pump on the fenderwell, but the homemade seal leaked (big surprise). After looking online for a replacement, I turned to the local mega hardware store.

One trip to Home Depot and I found a fix. (Unfortunately, I didn't take pictures of it). If you remove the original seal at the bottom of the washer bottle, the hole left behind is exactly the right size to thread a brass compression fitting that adapts from a male thread to the exact diameter compression fitting for the windshield washer hose. It took me about 5-10 minutes of looking through the brass fitting display before finding it and test fitting it to the bottle.

A little sealer, a homemade gasket and it threaded in perfectly. Total cost: $4. Sure beat buying the hard-to-find and every expensive replacement pump!!!

[katsi]

I have a washer bag. Are you using the word bottle and meaning bag? Or does your's actually have a bottle?

[zachmac]

I have a washer bag. Are you using the word bottle and meaning bag? Or does your's actually have a bottle?

80 and beyond (maybe earlier) have a hard platic bottle.

[divace73]

I ended up using a pump and grommet out of a ford, I think it was our local Ford falcon, worked a treat.

[vandor]

>80 and beyond (maybe earlier) have a hard platic bottle.

FI Spiders started using the plastic bottle.

FWIW we carry the pump for not a lot of coin. It's a new item, I'll add it to the web store soon.
However, it comes without the rubber grommet

[spidernut]

Yup......I have the plastic bottle in my 80 EFI. The carb'd cars had the bag. Because there was no grommet for the washer bottle and I couldn't find one, I created the "fix".