Silly washer pump question!

Dave Dyer · Postby **Dave Dyer** » 01 Apr 2011 09:36

Hi All,

I was just about to fit my washer pump and suddenly thought..which way up does it go? I thought it was something obvious that I would know but when it came to fitting, I had a great big question mark over my head!

Does anyone know? Maybe without looking at yours first! It stumped me!!

Cheers, Dave

PeterTR7V8 · Postby **PeterTR7V8** » 01 Apr 2011 09:44

The motor is at the bottom on mine.

The map: http://tinyurl.com/wedgemap . The blog: http://www.forum.triumphtr7.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8548

Dave Dyer · Postby **Dave Dyer** » 01 Apr 2011 10:14

Hi Pete,

So your saying motor at the bottom, pipes at the top. I had guessed the other way round, I'll fit it like you say.

Thanks, Dave

jclay (RIP 2018) · Postby **jclay (RIP 2018)** » 01 Apr 2011 11:10

The motor is up on mine.

Clay

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Dave Dyer · Postby **Dave Dyer** » 01 Apr 2011 12:01

Hi Clay,

Now you've thrown a spanner in the works...I'm back to being not sure again!!

Can anyone else help... one all at the moment!

Cheers, Dave

jclay (RIP 2018) · Postby **jclay (RIP 2018)** » 01 Apr 2011 12:42

Keeping with the normal BL Engineering Dept., it probably was mounted with the motor in the lower position. This is so any leaks from the pump will flow into the motor and short it out, there by releasing great quantities of Lucas Smoke.

I usually keep a reserve tank of Lucas Smoke in the boot just for these emergencies!

Clay

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Workshop Help · Postby **Workshop Help** » 01 Apr 2011 12:53

AHEM!!!

May we please not heap yet more unjust abuse apon the brilliant engineering feats of that underfunded and overworked herd of British Leyland engineering departments?

Kindly Mr Dyer, our JCLAY is merely fooling with you. The pump is usually installed with the engine oriented in a sideways position here in our machine shed.

Mildred Hargis

Beans · Postby **Beans** » 01 Apr 2011 16:25

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Mildred

AHEM!!! ... <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
No fan of April Fool's day [:p]

1980 TR7 DHC (my first car, now restored and back on the road)
1981 TR7 FHC Sprint (better known as 't Kreng)
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Workshop Help · Postby **Workshop Help** » 01 Apr 2011 16:38

Oooopsie! I thought it said 'Water Pump'.

Never mind.

Maybe I should clean these bifocals more often.

Mildred Hargis

whitenviro · Postby **whitenviro** » 01 Apr 2011 18:30

My original non-working one was motor on top. The replacement I took from a parts car was also motor up.

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1980 Pageant Blue DHC with removable hardtop.

staningrimsby · Postby **staningrimsby** » 01 Apr 2011 19:15

Mine is motor on top as well.[:D]

1980 2.0 DHC (soon to be 16v) - Polly.

nervousnewowner · Postby **nervousnewowner** » 01 Apr 2011 19:54

mines off a ford probe and fits into the bottom of the tank,..........not very original but only one i had to hand when mine packed up just in time for the mot....

the project at birth, watch it evolve...I hope...

Beans · Postby **Beans** » 01 Apr 2011 22:32

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Mildred

Oooopsie! ... Maybe I should clean these bifocals more often <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Or pay a visit to SpecSavers [:D]

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1980 TR7 DHC (my first car, now restored and back on the road)
1981 TR7 FHC Sprint (better known as 't Kreng)
[url="http://www.tr7beans.blogspot.com/"]My Weblog[/url]</center>

Dave Dyer · Postby **Dave Dyer** » 02 Apr 2011 09:47

Thanks everybody and thanks beans for the photo, I've looked everywhere for a photo of the washer pump (books, google, tr7 sites, own photos etc) and couldn't find a single one!

I've mounted it motor up and because the daft rubber mountings had perished I've attached it to the wiper blanking plate.

Cheers, Dave

whitenviro · Postby **whitenviro** » 02 Apr 2011 16:51

Those rubber mounting nuts crumbled on mine too, but I found out they are important. Without them the vibrations from the pump motor were LOUD. Surprisingly, I was able to find those exact rubber fittings at the local Ace Hardware.

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1980 Pageant Blue DHC with removable hardtop.

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