Task was to move my windscreen washer bottle to the inside of my car and put it in the passnger footwell attached to the wheel arch. I did this for 2 reasons mainly, one that it looks cool and like the old 60′s Rally Mini’s and the second to make even more room in my engine bay for my brake servo, etc.
First of all I remove my washer bottle from its current location (inner wing), disconnected the wiring and tube and let the water spew out everywhere. I then gave the bottle a good clean and let it soak in some washing-up liquid! obvouisly one of the first jobs is to extend the wire for the electric pump connector. It requires two wires which is a simple 12v +/- .
I routed the 2 wires from the inner wing, up to the scuttle, all the way across and into an existing hole in the bulkhead on the passenger side. While I was doing this I thought I may as well put the new tubing across at the same time, although of course it doesn’t need to start from the inner wing, only from the Y piece which connects the two washer jets.
Once the connector had been connected again in the inside of the car, I first of all bent a jubilee clip out to be straight and then bent it over the top of a larger jubilee clip so that it forms a platform to rest the washer bottle on to. Once I was pleased with this, I set out trying to figure out where I wanted it to be mounted.
I bought 2 small metal “mending” plates from a local hardware store and used these to bolt to the car with the jubilee clip wedged between the wheel arch and the plate. This way I could use really big bolts and nuts rather than little ones and drilling through the jubilee clip. I marked off and drilled the first hole in my wheel arch. Once through I then put a bolt through one and drilled another hole.
Once that was all done I put the jubilee clip below the top hole, placed the metal plate over the top then bolted it up. Using penny washers behind.
I then did the same again for the top jubilee clip.
Finally, I placed the washer bottle inside, and tightened up the clips using a drill (believe it – it would take some time with a screwdriver!) I connected the pump & pipe again, cut the pipe to length under the scuttle and connected it to the Y piece.
Unfortunately, mine leaked a bit at first. To solve this I have put loads of silicon sealant around the pump base. (Cross-figures) this has solved it! (for now!)
And remember to put some hammerite over those nuts & washers to make sure you dont start rusting!
