foot switches

[chris 48 P15]

there are two switches buy the clutch pedal one is high beam what is the other one for

also how do i upload pictures file is always to big

[Plymouthy Adams]

more than not, the other switch is for the windshield washer...

[greg g]

Online photo editors can reduce pixel count for posting.  Also set your camera,phone, or tablet to a lower resolution.  For most purposes you don't need the highest resolution or pixel count setting to post pics to this board.  

 

One of my father's cars had a jiffy jet windshield washer oftermarket setup. The reservoir was a plastic bag, like a hot water bottle thar hung on the inner fender or firewall.  The activator wasn't a switch, it was an air pump.  Stepping on it with your toe, Sent a shot of air, presurizing the bag, which displaced the washer fluid out through the nozzles. Worked pretty good till the rubber lines cracked, or the pump diaphragm cracked.  The pump thing mounted to the floor and had a tube that ran through the firewall to the bag.

 

Look up jiffy jet on e bay for what components looked like.  Some of the upscale ones used a glass jar instead of the plastic bag.

[Eneto-55]

1 hour ago, greg g said:

One of my father's cars had a jiffy jet windshield washer oftermarket setup. The reservoir was a plastic bag, like a hot water bottle thar hung on the inner fender or firewall.  The activator wasn't a switch, it was an air pump.  Stepping on it with your toe, Sent a shot of air, presurizing the bag, which displaced the washer fluid out through the nozzles. Worked pretty good till the rubber lines cracked, or the pump diaphragm cracked.  The pump thing mounted to the floor and had a tube that ran through the firewall to the bag.

 

Look up jiffy jet on e bay for what components looked like.  Some of the upscale ones used a glass jar instead of the plastic bag.

My first car, a 62 Chrysler Newport, had a bulb type manual washer pump mounted on the floorboard.  I looked for a photo on-line, but couldn't find anything.  It was about 3" in diameter, with a dome shaped rubber top.  It worked on the same principle as the valve in a hand air pump, with a ball bearing in a valve.  The water was fed in from the bag on the firewall, and then it forced the water up a hose to the nozzles.  (So with that design, only the water lines were pressurized.)  I found it in my stuff when we were cleaning out my Dad's shop about 4 years ago, and the rubber part was all deteriorated, so I tossed it.  Should have kept it, but I already had lots of stuff to haul across country....

[chris 48 P15]

thanks for info 

it looks like there was a washer setup in car the foot switch and vacuum piece in engine bay are left

will try pictures again

success

 

[Eneto-55]

That's cool.  I had no idea they put windshield washers on cars as far back as ours were common.  I think that 62 Chrysler was the first car I ever saw a washer on.  Gives me an idea - I saved the 12v windshield washer out of our 93 Chrysler T&C, and I know that at least generally a 12v motor will at least run on 6v, so wonder if it would work well enough to do the job.  I have never tested that little motor on 6 volts.  But I would want to have an old-style bag reservoir, or a glass jar type (not the plastic jug from the 93 T&C).