Re: Manny & Darlene's Eagle 05
Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 8:09 pm
POST # 56
Windshield Washer Installation
The original windshield washer had been taken out when we bought our Eagle and this project originally started as one to replace the air wiper system itself. It quit working on our recent trip to a bus rally in Blytheville, Arkansas (April 2013). I have been researching to replace the air system with an electric wiper system but man those were expensive!
So, the other day I was looking at how the air wiper motor was bolted on, trying to figure out what might have gone wrong with it and I happened to notice a bolt in the center of the motor, that holds the arm - was lose. I tightened it up and what do you know...the wipers started working! I had just saved myself about $850.
Anyway, with all my attention to the wiper system, and realizing how much I had just saved, I decided to tackle the windshield washer system instead. I found the reservoir kit from a school bus parts source online and I found the switch through another company. The whole project took me about ten hours total.
Here you'll see the center bolt by the copper fitting is what had come lose
Windshield Washer Installation
The original windshield washer had been taken out when we bought our Eagle and this project originally started as one to replace the air wiper system itself. It quit working on our recent trip to a bus rally in Blytheville, Arkansas (April 2013). I have been researching to replace the air system with an electric wiper system but man those were expensive!
So, the other day I was looking at how the air wiper motor was bolted on, trying to figure out what might have gone wrong with it and I happened to notice a bolt in the center of the motor, that holds the arm - was lose. I tightened it up and what do you know...the wipers started working! I had just saved myself about $850.
Anyway, with all my attention to the wiper system, and realizing how much I had just saved, I decided to tackle the windshield washer system instead. I found the reservoir kit from a school bus parts source online and I found the switch through another company. The whole project took me about ten hours total.
Here you'll see the center bolt by the copper fitting is what had come lose