Trico automatic windshild washer is magic
Posted by Jim McDermaid On 2013/3/9 14:46:31
When I bought my car a year ago it had the Trico windshield washer pump under the hood but it was for show and not go.
I decided to make this all work so here is the saga:
Many posts and many replies with pictures and verbal descriptions later. . . . .
My car is a 1954 Packard Cavalier, the wiper control is a small knob on the left side of the steering column with a small button in the middle. Turn the knob and turn on the wipers.
Push the button for a second or two and release it, and water (or Packard brand washer fluid) is sprayed onto the windshield and immediately the wipers start by themselves and run until the water quits spraying.
This is a Vacuum powered system made by Trico.
The button closes a switch which operates a 6 volt solenoid on the pump which sets this in motion all automatically, hands free.
Parts are getting scarce and hard to find.
I rebuilt the pump with a new rebuild kit from McVeys Cadalic.
I got the Co-Ordinator on eBay from a Chevy parts guy.
Robert Ficken (Wiperman) sold me a nice rebuilt wiper motor, and I supplied the labor.
There were questions as to if the wiper motor with the Co-Ordinator would fit properly under the hood using the existing mounting bracket and it does. The Co-Ordinator is the little black plastic cylinder to the right side of the wiper motor which turns on the motor when the logic on the pump say water is about to flow.
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I decided to make this all work so here is the saga:
Many posts and many replies with pictures and verbal descriptions later. . . . .
My car is a 1954 Packard Cavalier, the wiper control is a small knob on the left side of the steering column with a small button in the middle. Turn the knob and turn on the wipers.
Push the button for a second or two and release it, and water (or Packard brand washer fluid) is sprayed onto the windshield and immediately the wipers start by themselves and run until the water quits spraying.
This is a Vacuum powered system made by Trico.
The button closes a switch which operates a 6 volt solenoid on the pump which sets this in motion all automatically, hands free.
Parts are getting scarce and hard to find.
I rebuilt the pump with a new rebuild kit from McVeys Cadalic.
I got the Co-Ordinator on eBay from a Chevy parts guy.
Robert Ficken (Wiperman) sold me a nice rebuilt wiper motor, and I supplied the labor.
There were questions as to if the wiper motor with the Co-Ordinator would fit properly under the hood using the existing mounting bracket and it does. The Co-Ordinator is the little black plastic cylinder to the right side of the wiper motor which turns on the motor when the logic on the pump say water is about to flow.
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