>I have a 59 TR3 that has a large (3" diameter) black washer bulb that
works great. It was always on the car, states the previous owner, to the
left of the speedometer. I've owned the car for 18 years and have been told
many times that it was a dealer installed option. It is attached to a black
rubber "bag" on the vertical section of driver side wheel well. Hope this
helps.
Dave Willner
TR3A TS65107L (Apple Green)
70 BSA 441 Victor Special
At 05:45 PM 9/16/98 EDT, KTRIUMPH@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 98-09-16 10:14:56 EDT, you write:
>
><< My '59 TR-3A has a "windscreen washer" apparatus that operates by means of
>a
> bulb-like object on the instrument panel. The driver would simply apply
> pressure to the bulb to cause fluid to be dispatched to the windscreen. By
> modern standards it is extremely primitive, which means it seems to be
> perfectly appropriate for a vintage Triumph. My question to the list is
> whether this is likely to be an original item, a dealer added item, or some
> sort of blue light special after-market item.
>
> Jim
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>I have heard of a windscreen washer pump in a very few TR3's. It was
basically
>the same as TR4 pumps, a hand push knob contraption, and typically mounted in
>the dash in the area between the "cubby box" (glovebox in Amerispeak) and the
>instrument cluster towards the bottom. Your ""bulb" pump sounds like a blue
>light, as you call it.
>Snce the factory parts book lists the animal I would assume it was a factory
>option. But not a very attractive one, IMHO.
>
>Ken Nuelle
>58 TR3A
>62 TR3B
>64 TR4
>
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