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Jul 7, 2012 | 02:14 PM

1954_NJ_F100

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1954 Windshield Washer

I have a windshield washer nozzle on my hood but no windshield washer unit underneath. Does anyone have a photo of an installed unit? Was this an option for '54? Thanks

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Jul 8, 2012 | 11:15 AM

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I have a windshield washer nozzle on my hood but no windshield washer unit underneath. Does anyone have a photo of an installed unit? Was this an option for '54? Thanks

yes, it was an option. Don't have a picture to show you however. You see these on ebay sometimes...

Jul 8, 2012 | 02:04 PM

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yes, it was an option. Don't have a picture to show you however. You see these on ebay sometimes...

Thanks, do you know how it operated - ie what dash controls?

Jul 8, 2012 | 04:44 PM

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Thanks, do you know how it operated - ie what dash controls?

There was a foot pedal on the floor somewhere that your foot pressure forced the water out.

Jul 8, 2012 | 07:52 PM

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Looks like another mini-project on my restoration!

Thanks for the info.

Jul 8, 2012 | 08:29 PM

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Abe is correct, the pump is foot-actuated. Here is a photo from the manual showing the backside of the pump through the firewall and the bottle mounting and the routing of the hose up to the nozzle.

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Jul 9, 2012 | 04:57 AM

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And then I would think if there is a nozzle on the hood, then there will be
a hole above the dimmer switch on the firewall for the pump which is a
round alum. my 54 F800 has one, but my father replaced the hood 50 yrs
ago and forgot to keep the nozzle so I got the system and no nozzle.