So Who Has Window Washers Installed?

[Bingster]

Rain is one thing, but after living in Iowa for eleven years on a gravel road, modern window washer systems are a must. But aftermarket jars and bags seem to have been the only options back in '47 when my car was built.

How many of you have these installed and do they work well?

I was toying with the idea of going to a scrap yard and buying a contemporary washer system and stepping the voltage down to six.

[Plymouthy Adams]

got a complete kit NIB here..will never but never use it...mine are upgraded with electric washer complete with low fluid light..

[Bingster]

Tim, what is the electric washer you installed?

[BobT-47P15]

The old Mopar windshield washer system was the "Jiffy Jet".

Some know about that item, others may not.

Here's a pic from the Parts Manual.

Pumps with a button on the floorboard.

Goes thru the hole in the top of the dash, on to the outside.

The under floor unit........

Where it goes to the outside.....

Floor button......

Glass fluid container........

[Plymouthy Adams]

Bob...I have one of them NOS less the original box, when I found it the box was pretty much toast..got bottle, bracket, pump hoses, nozzle, pickup stainer, grommets ..all but the original box..comes complete with instructions for installation on truck or passenger car of the era..pictures dispicts splint windshields..

[Bingster]

Do they do the job?

[Dodgeb4ya]

Here is a Jiffy Jet Kit. Some day I'll put it in one of the cars.

Bob

[1941Rick]

Tim...is this something you want to part with?

[Plymouthy Adams]

trade for a hemi...!!!! bet that made your heart peg the ole tachometer..

discuss this through PM..

[BobT-47P15]

If I had one of those washers, it would be like my foglights.....I plan to

keep them (had them for many years, in original box), but probably won't

put them on the car. Like the look of the grille uncluttered. Like having

the foglights "just in case" i decide to use them.

[normanpitkin]

I bought the jiffy jet system on ebay for about $100 but when it arrived all the rubber parts were completely useless!Had to jury-rig a system using old Land Rover parts,used the jiffy jet glass bottle though so it looks stock.In England it's a requirement for the MOT test,otherwise I wouldn't have bothered!

[Robert Horne]

I installed a windshield washer, from a car I junked.

I pointed the squirter forward and a little to the left.

Do not get too close, squirt, squirt.

I am trying to rig a remote control to it.

[p24-1953]

ive got one on the 53 and it work very well. its a simple process, it just squirts water on the winsheld like a modern car.

[DonaldSmith]

I've got my Jiffy-Jet about a year ago, off e-bay, about $150, in good condition.  I did buy new hose.

 

 

 

Once I had my life's-dream Jiffy-Jet,what to do next.  I know! power steering!

Edited May 10, 2014 by DonaldSmith

[casper50]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/39-52-DODGE-DESOTO-PLYMOUTH-DODGE-NOS-MOPAR-JIFFY-JET-WINDSHIELD-WASHER-KIT-/371027915199?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5662fcb1bf&vxp=mtr#ht_82wt_756

 

Someone values this one highly

[TodFitch]

Do they do the job?

Can't say for sure about the Jiffy Jet, but as I recall my parent's 68 D200 had a similar foot pump setup but with a bag for the reservoir rather than a glass jar. So the factory thought they were good enough for a couple of decades. Can't remember how well the setup worked as Dad never kept the reservoir filled as he was in the habit of manually cleaning the windshield before driving anywhere so he didn't need to use a built in washer.

[Plymouthy Adams]

many of the Mopars through early 70 still had the foot pump for the washers...my 73 Dodge was so equipped, but my 76 Plymouth however was electric by that time..

[Mark D]

Jiffy-Jet Manufacturers brochure.

[James_Douglas]

I have a set in the garage that I got off of a parts car.  The car was a 1948 Chrysler.  It is Jiffy Jet, out it works off of vacuum not a floor pump.  It also had "modern" style squirt noses on the cowl not the one off of the center windshield bar.  I need to clean everything up...and figure out how the thing works using vacuum...

 

James