Headlight Washers
 

How are they activated? Where is the button etc... Anyone know what parts are needed for the install?

-Mike

?Good question?
 

Don't know the answers here Mike. However, to the left of my steering column there is a built in coin slot. I notice on the UK cars in that position there are buttons. One of these probably activates the headlamp power wash, and the other might put on the rear fog lights. Can any UK owner confirm??

Joe

We don't have them here (although the sales brochure shows a car so equipped).

I don't like the fact that they protrude - the ones on the Jaguar XK8 and the BMW 8 series are a work of art!

Haven't managed to find a button for mine yet, would be interesting to see if they work, but with all of the rain here, I can't see the point of them anyway :confused:

Hey Andy-

What's the pushbutton on the end of the stalk that controls the light functions do? Seems like a good place for it now that I think about it.

Also, the switches for the seat warmers go where the coil holder is :)

-Mike

That switch restores the radio and clock to full illumination when the lights are on. They auto-dim normally.


Andy

Yeah... thats what mine does too... I wonder where that switch could be?

-Mike

According to Subaru, it is the switch immediately to the left of the cruise control, under the fuel gauge. Mine is blanked off.


Andy

Maybe your car was hit in the front at one time, and the bumper was replaced with a unit that had washers? Thats the only thing i can think of... Any ideas?

-Mike

Wash day blues......
 

OK, can confirm that the headlamp washer switch is, in fact as you describe, between rear window demist and steering column. It has a little icon of a headlamp with a washer and wiper on it. When operated it produces a jet so powerfull the splash back reaches the windscreen, so it has potential to soak passers-by as well !!

Hope this helps guys.

Phil.

Virginal on the ridiculous
 

Andy,

So your car has the nipples on the bumper, but no way of making them squirt, right?

Joe:D :D

can't tweak my nipples
 

Definitely the original bumper. Maybe Subaru knew that it was destined for such a wet place, so didn't bother fitting the nipple tweaker.


Andy

Headlamp washers
 

I posted this some time ago, but I'll reproduce it here in case anyone's interested. It's the result of some research I did for an SVX owner in Japan who wanted to fit headlamp washers. (He concluded that it was too expensive to be worthwhile).

These are the parts required to fit headlamp washers to an SVX that doesn't have them, according to Lancasters of Pangbourne www.lancasterplc.co.uk

Parts required for headlamp washer modification.
1.TANK HEADLAMP WASHER £38.89+VAT
2.MOTOR & PUMP HLAMP WASHER £85.55+VAT
3.HOSE X2 £7.77+VAT
4.NOZZLE HLAMP WASHERS X 2 £11.95+VAT
5.VALVE £10.85+VAT
6.TANK SCREEN WASHER £48.63+VAT
7.SMALL FIXINGS& CLIPS APPRX £30.00+VAT
8.SWITCH PANEL ASSY £159.00+VAT

I was also given the following list of part numbers.

86631pa010 tank headlamp wash
86611pa000 motor headlamp wash
86655pa100 hose headlamp wash x 2
86636pa040 nozzle headlamp wash x 2
786634010 valve
86631pa030 tank screen wash
786621000 motor&pump screen wash
86615pa020 cover wash tank

Phil.

Phil

One of the guys in the US is looking to put in a headlamp washer button [or switch, if you like] He dislikes the look of blank switch positions. He only wants the switch, or the outer cover of the switch, but I presume he may want to light it up at night.
[He's not interested in washing the headlamps, just in the look of the dashboard]:rolleyes:

Anyway, your upper list above prices a "Switch Panel Assy". Yet the part numbers do not mention this.

Any chance you have the part number for the interior switch?

Joe

Here it is! My SVX (LHD) has it but it doesn't work :(