My '57 TR3 has a 'push type' washer mounted on the dash in the location you
mention. (However, currently sitting on a shelf in the garage.) Don't know how
well they work. Did notice the area around the mounting hole was bent in badly.
Indicating (A) the washer didn't work well or at all, or (B) the dpo was too
tense.
KTRIUMPH@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 98-09-16 10:14:56 EDT, you write:
>
> << My '59 TR-3A has a "windscreen washer" apparatus that operates by means of
> a
> bulb-like object on the instrument panel. The driver would simply apply
> pressure to the bulb to cause fluid to be dispatched to the windscreen. By
> modern standards it is extremely primitive, which means it seems to be
> perfectly appropriate for a vintage Triumph. My question to the list is
> whether this is likely to be an original item, a dealer added item, or some
> sort of blue light special after-market item.
>
> Jim
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> I have heard of a windscreen washer pump in a very few TR3's. It was basically
> the same as TR4 pumps, a hand push knob contraption, and typically mounted in
> the dash in the area between the "cubby box" (glovebox in Amerispeak) and the
> instrument cluster towards the bottom. Your ""bulb" pump sounds like a blue
> light, as you call it.
> Snce the factory parts book lists the animal I would assume it was a factory
> option. But not a very attractive one, IMHO.
>
> Ken Nuelle
> 58 TR3A
> 62 TR3B
> 64 TR4
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