- Location
- Vancouver British Columbia
i had gone for a year (maybe two, who knows) without washer fluid.
i put an arb snorkel on my 97 and so the reservoir had to go...
i didn't really see any good places in the engine compartment for the pre 97 reservoir i picked up at the salvage yard, but i hear some people swap that in.
i had already used up the largest empty spaces for my winch solenoid and vacuum bottle from the front bumper.
i decided the reservoir from my 97 would fit nicely in the passenger side fender.
(after all, its shaped just like the front fenders)
anyhow, i removed the filler elbow and dremel'd its hole a bit larger.
in fact i made it exactly the size of the filler cap from my salvaged pre 97 reservoir.
i made the hole tight, though, then i popped that bad boy in sideways.
so it just kinda hangs down like this when i need to fill it up:
only catch is, i would have to lower the reservoir to fill it.
so, i drilled a few holes in the inner fender and use wingnuts in the engine bay to hold up a couple of 90 degree elbow brackets to support the reservoir.
that way i can just spin off the wingers and fill er up.
then, it was just a matter of running some wiring and tubing for the fluid.
the first time i used my washer fluid was glorious.
NWFEST was it's first trial; no issues with rubbing or anything like that.
glad i had it too, cause it was DUSTY. and dirty. and such.
the little pumps seem to do just fine with the (almost indifferent) amount of added volume in the longer lines.
i put an arb snorkel on my 97 and so the reservoir had to go...
i didn't really see any good places in the engine compartment for the pre 97 reservoir i picked up at the salvage yard, but i hear some people swap that in.
i had already used up the largest empty spaces for my winch solenoid and vacuum bottle from the front bumper.
i decided the reservoir from my 97 would fit nicely in the passenger side fender.
(after all, its shaped just like the front fenders)
anyhow, i removed the filler elbow and dremel'd its hole a bit larger.
in fact i made it exactly the size of the filler cap from my salvaged pre 97 reservoir.
i made the hole tight, though, then i popped that bad boy in sideways.
so it just kinda hangs down like this when i need to fill it up:
only catch is, i would have to lower the reservoir to fill it.
so, i drilled a few holes in the inner fender and use wingnuts in the engine bay to hold up a couple of 90 degree elbow brackets to support the reservoir.
that way i can just spin off the wingers and fill er up.
then, it was just a matter of running some wiring and tubing for the fluid.
the first time i used my washer fluid was glorious.
NWFEST was it's first trial; no issues with rubbing or anything like that.
glad i had it too, cause it was DUSTY. and dirty. and such.
the little pumps seem to do just fine with the (almost indifferent) amount of added volume in the longer lines.
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