Henry,
Thanks for your prompt response.
I did think of this and put a bit of oil in from the plunger end, as I
have successfully revived a bicycle pump this way. (The seal is
leather, or at least leather-like, and it had dried out. It works well
enough to pump up old TR3 tires!) But back to the washer pump - now if
I put my hand over both nozzles at once, there is so much resistance
that I can't push the plunger in, so I think the seal's OK.
So, is there a one-way valve in the pump to prevent the fluid going
back to the reservoir?
Jim
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Subject: Re: TR3 windscreen washer manual pump
Author: Non-HP-thefryes (thefryes@iconn.net) at HP-USA,mimegw5
Date: 06/11/97 9:30 AM
Jim,
It sounds like the seal in your pump has given up the ghost. Sorry.
The system is a reservoir, tubing to the hand pump mounted in the dash,
tubing out of the pump to a tee, then tubing from each end of the tee to
the jets.
> Can anyone verify the way this works? I had it out for some exercise
> and expected it would suck water in one side and squirt it out the
> other, but it seems to suck it in or squirt it out both nozzles
> together, as the plunger is pumped.
> Was there a foot valve in the bottom of the reservoir, or is my pump
> defective?
> TIA,
> Jim Wallace
> '60 TR3
>
>
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