Widow Washer Bag
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I am wondering if there are any sutable substitutes for the window washer fluid bag on the left fender. If there are how would I attach them, what year of washer containers will fit under the hood, how do you get a ruler under there to measure that?
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 10-Mar-02 AT 10:31 AM (EST)]On the 65-66 models, the bag was the only one. I have seen someone use a 67-72 Ford pickup plastic container on the same location, using spacers as needed to make it level. The pump is wired into the bottom of this container, some creative thinking would make this work. The correct blue bags are getting hard to find, if yours is still good, save it and it's bracket!
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The later model boxes will fit on the 65/66 angle apron. I saw those at the show in Raleigh this weekend. I suspect Ken has them online, if Carolina Classics has them. I thought I had seen new aftermarket bags as well. The bags did have a cap. 
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Mine does have a cap on it, its still there, I am just not sure if it will hold water or not. I know the washer motor still works. dont know if the wiper motor still works.
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What I'm amazed at is that no one has done this and marketed it.
Build a bracket to just hold the jug of washer fluid that it comes in. Take the cap off the jug, bore a hole in it, stick a length of hose in there that will reach the bottom.
Grab a washer fluid pump out of a wrecked car, or just get a universal type pump.
Wouldn't it just be a heck of a lot easier to just drop a new jug of fluid into the bracket, screw the cap on, and be done with it? Even if you just used a permenant jug that holds a gallon of fluid, it'd rock to just funnel in an entire gallon at once into the one in the bracket and toss the bottle.
That'd sure beat having half full jugs rolling around in the bed, you know? I don't get why this hasn't been done... is it cause it's too simple?
Build a bracket to just hold the jug of washer fluid that it comes in. Take the cap off the jug, bore a hole in it, stick a length of hose in there that will reach the bottom.
Grab a washer fluid pump out of a wrecked car, or just get a universal type pump.
Wouldn't it just be a heck of a lot easier to just drop a new jug of fluid into the bracket, screw the cap on, and be done with it? Even if you just used a permenant jug that holds a gallon of fluid, it'd rock to just funnel in an entire gallon at once into the one in the bracket and toss the bottle.
That'd sure beat having half full jugs rolling around in the bed, you know? I don't get why this hasn't been done... is it cause it's too simple?
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The 65-66 bags came with a thin aluminum cap, easy to put on, easy to lose too!
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Why couldn't a washer bag from a Mustang or a Falcon be substituted in it's place? I know the mustang bads were about the same size as the truck bag. Plus they weren't Blue in color, unless that matters to you. They can be had from almost all of the Mustang parts vendors for around $20.
Just a couple of thoughts.
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A Mustang or Falcon would work fine, as well as some of the repro truck bags, if you don't mind the look. I have seen the earlier 61-64 truck bags reproduced, but not the correct rectangle blue 66. Maybe some vender has come out with one that I am not aware of.. The bag bracket is just a strip of metal, with the ends bent and notched to fit in the bag's holes. It could be easily reproduced at home to fit the washer bag.
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On the subject of putting in a gallon of fluid, not to mention
another brand Do*ge, there full size trucks since 94 have a resivoir that holds
a gallon of washer fluid from the factory..
Not sure about the newer Fords, I havent left the 60's and 70's yet
another brand Do*ge, there full size trucks since 94 have a resivoir that holds
a gallon of washer fluid from the factory..
Not sure about the newer Fords, I havent left the 60's and 70's yet
