winshield washer options

[lil mule]

just purchased a w/w/ bottle from one of our venders and very disappointed in that the bottle dosen't even sit the same as the old original. and could not get the connector to go in completly and latch without cutting the little rubber gasket that seals inside. what options do i have? I want to put a aux. battery where original bottle was and put a different w/w bottle on passenger side. What do you guys suggest?

 

[DirtDonk]

Just out of curiousity, what year is your rig? Did you get the one for your year specifically? There was at least one of the early "bags", but there were at least two of the later reservoirs.

I overheard a phone conversation just this last Monday between one of our guys and a customer, regarding the washer pump connector having contact holes that were a smidge too small, so he had to use some kind of a poker thingy to stretch them out a little.
He knew this because he had tried to put one on his rig to test it.
That was an issue just with the replacement connector though, not the pump.

Is your pump new, and your connector original? Or is it an old pump with a new connector? And your issue wasn't with the contact pins, but with the sealing area?
Sounds like the manufacturer is having some issues themselves.

If it's from us, did you call to see what could be done about it?
Just checking.

Paul

 

[lil mule]

Hey paul it's a 68' I bought a new tank/pump assembly, got it here and no connector. had to order the connector. problem is the clips on the connector seems to be in the wrong position, i was pushing so hard on connector i thought i was going to push the pump through the other side, it lacked about a 1/16" to go far enough to make the clips latch. talked to johnny at W/H so he pulled another pump/bottle/connector. and tried it. he also had problems called me back said i needed to get a small screwdriver and pry the clips. thats a bunch of bull.it should push on nice and smooth and latch without much effort. for sure a manufacturing problem . i had to get my dremel out and take a little material out of the area where the clip latches to get to latch! when i asked they said that is the only bottle they carried.

 

[DirtDonk]

Sorry for the hassle mule. Yeah, definitely sounds like a manuf. issue. Only problem with those is that they usually take a long time to get resolved.
Another possibility (though remote) is that over the years Ford used a couple of designs, and the suppliers are mixing them up.
I've only seen the one design though, so that's just a long shot.

So your new connector's clips were not aligned/oriented correctly? Or were they just not quite long enough to latch on to the pump? Did you have to remove material from the pump, or the connector?
Did the contacts/pins slide on ok, or were they not mating up correctly either?
Did your harness not have an original connector, or was your original different from the new pump?

Yours may have been the conversation I overheard then. And I may have misunderstood (or missed that part of the conversation), but I only heard him suggesting to open up the contact points. Nothing about the clips themselves.
I'm guessing I just missed that bit of my half of the conversation, but it's worth double-checking on Tuesday when I get in.
He also offered to take it back as well, if you'd preferred to do that at the time. Since it's on now, with luck it'll work out. But you're right, you should not have had to go to so much trouble to make it fit.
Did the later model tank even line up with the original holes in your fender?

I still wonder too, if there were any variations in pumps and connectors that Ford had over the years, or if the manufacturer is making them wrong. Guess I'll have to do some more digging.
Just what we love to do... Ugh.

Let you know what I find out.

Paul

 

[lil mule]

the connectors wrer not long enough to latch so i had to completly cut the rubber seal down to the harder rubber to get to latch. probably not so water proof anymore.