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Title: Windshield washer?
Post by: TurboFource on Monday,March 18, 2024, 01:05:31 PM

I do not see a pump in the wiring diagram or on the car for the washer fluid …. Did I read somewhere you pull the turn signal lever to squirt water  :confused:   My Mk 1 Capri had a foot pump which was different…

Title: Re: Windshield washer?
Post by: BDA on Monday,March 18, 2024, 01:41:31 PM

The pump is screwed to the back of the dash to the right of the ignition key behind the console cover. You push in on the right hand stalk to turn on the pump. Here is where it is on each of the TC wiring diagrams.

Title: Re: Windshield washer?
Post by: TurboFource on Monday,March 18, 2024, 06:11:44 PM

I must have missed it on the wiring diagram and it seems like a crazy place for a washer pump!!

Title: Re: Windshield washer?
Post by: SilverBeast on Tuesday,March 19, 2024, 10:37:23 AM

It's  no worse than the manual pump on the back of the wiper switch in the dash on the UK Europas!

Title: Re: Windshield washer?
Post by: TurboFource on Tuesday,March 19, 2024, 12:12:34 PM

Not on my diagram ….  :confused:

(I now see there is a “Special” diagram where it is shown but not labeled …..)

Title: Re: Windshield washer?
Post by: BDA on Tuesday,March 19, 2024, 12:36:20 PM

I wasn't able to make out your VIN from the pictures you posted. What is it?

I would use the color wiring diagrams from this page (http://lotus-europa.com/manuals/#electrical) scroll down to the "Updated and Colorized Wiring Diagrams" section. There are two diagrams for Specials depending on the VIN.

Title: Re: Windshield washer?
Post by: TurboFource on Tuesday,March 19, 2024, 01:55:14 PM

3496R

Title: Re: Windshield washer?
Post by: BDA on Tuesday,March 19, 2024, 03:18:21 PM

Here's your diagram http://lotus-europa.com/manuals/misc/electrical/tcsearly.gif

Title: Re: Windshield washer?
Post by: Bryan Boyle on Tuesday,March 19, 2024, 06:15:36 PM

Quote from: BDA on Tuesday,March 19, 2024, 03:18:21 PM

Here's your diagram http://lotus-europa.com/manuals/misc/electrical/tcsearly.gif

Title: Re: Windshield washer?
Post by: GavinT on Thursday,March 21, 2024, 06:33:00 AM

Quote from: TurboFource on Monday,March 18, 2024, 06:11:44 PM

[...] and it seems like a crazy place for a washer pump!!

I'd say placement is deliberate.
As the years roll by, the plastic tubing hardens and leaks which drips water onto some vital electrical component, thus transferring the blame onto Lucas . . .  ;D

Title: Re: Windshield washer?
Post by: TurboFource on Thursday,March 21, 2024, 12:04:53 PM

You are probably right Gavin! :FUNNY: