I made a homemade snorkel, but I have no idea how to remove the washer bottle. The FSM doesn't really help, it just says to "remove the two bolts." I got one out, but I can't find the other. Tell me I don't have to take the header panel off to get to the second bolt...
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removing the washer bottle on a 98?
- Thread starter XJ98Jeep
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BIGSLVRXJ
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- Des Moines, Iowa
You're going to have to remove the DS inner fender liner, the two bolts that hold the bottle on, the water lines, and the electrical connections, then slide it backwards to clear the mounting tabs and it should pull out through the opening in the fender.XJ98Jeep said:
wolfpackjeeper
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- 500' and 500KCAS, RAF lakenheath
yea, you will need to remove the Fender. Where were you going to move it to?
I'm still working on where I'm going to move it to. I don't remember the last time I actually used the washer after I rain-xed my windshield other than when I was in the mud, so I'm not too worried about placement. I may get a 96 and below bottle and jerry rig something where the airbox used to be.
I can't find the second bolt, but don't you unscrew the bolt from the engine side of the fender versus the outside? So to get to the bolt wouldn't I need to take the radiator crossmember off? Maybe that isn't what it's called, but the black thing that runs above the radiator.
This isn't what I had in mind, but I like this the best
http://www.jeepcorner.com/karlsxj/allin2.jpg
Apparently that's an older style reservoir with the newer dual diaphragm brake booster, I didn't know a driver's side washer bottle that didn't go in the fender existed. I thought it was either driver's side fender, or passenger side firewall.
I can't find the second bolt, but don't you unscrew the bolt from the engine side of the fender versus the outside? So to get to the bolt wouldn't I need to take the radiator crossmember off? Maybe that isn't what it's called, but the black thing that runs above the radiator.
This isn't what I had in mind, but I like this the best
http://www.jeepcorner.com/karlsxj/allin2.jpg
Apparently that's an older style reservoir with the newer dual diaphragm brake booster, I didn't know a driver's side washer bottle that didn't go in the fender existed. I thought it was either driver's side fender, or passenger side firewall.
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wolfpackjeeper
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- 500' and 500KCAS, RAF lakenheath
I am going the other way with my comanche. I am wanting to install the newer style washer pump so I have more room in the bay. Writeup on comanche club that may help. It is the install of the newer reservoir in the older bay.
http://www.comancheclub.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5840
http://www.comancheclub.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5840
Yep, I got it figured out. A combination of it being dark and the bolt being covered in RTV (not sure how that works...) made me think it was just a rubber grommet or something. Of course now I have to take the wheel off to get the bottle out, so I have to wait until tomorrow.
