Re: Windshield washer pump, high beam switch

[steveb@newkla.kla.com (Steven Buchholz)]

Dick Creps wrote:
> Coupla things ...
> 
> On my '88 5kS, the windshield washer pump is dying.  Seems like a
> straightforward job, but is there anything tricky about this that I
> should know about?  Also, what's the best (cheapest, fastest) source
> for buying the pump?

I found on my '88 that there was a check valve in the line close to the 
pump.  I took the valve apart, removed the guts and put it all back to-
gether again.  Voila, the washer pump worked fine!  Thinking that the 
valve was the problem, I bought a replacement valve only to find the 
same anemic performance from the pump.  The only negative effect of 
eliminating the valve is that it would be possible for the lines to 
drain back into the reservoir, making it take longer for the washer 
fluid to hit a dry windshield.
> 
> Also, my high beam switch no longer will stay in its normal position;
> it always wants to drop down to the high beam position.  I know this
> was a topic of a recent thread here and I noted the information about
> where to get a switch assembly cheaply.  I'm guessing that replacement
> is the only real recourse here, since no one volunteered a procedure
> for fixing the problem without replacing the switch, but if I'm wrong
> about this, please let me know.  Also, a la the first question, is
> there anything particularly tricky about replacing the switch that I
> should know about?
> 
It was a pretty simple operation ... pull off the steering wheel and
remove the unit that holds the stalks by loosening the screw accessed 
through the hole in the bottom.  The screw is at an angle and basically 
loosens a clamp that cinches the stalk unit to the steering column.  

Hope this helps!
Steve Buchholz
s_buchho@kla.com
'88 5kCSTQW
'83 QTC
'78 Fox GTi (4+5)