The windshield washer dash switch was broken. With our upcoming winter camping trip, I figured the windshield washers needed to work so it was time to fix the switch. I installed the new switch, using the same momentary lever switch as original. Then I tested the system and got nothing. Turns out the pump was siezed. Better yet, the plastic fluid tank was cracked like crazy. It held water (amazingly) but had a severe leak.I ended up replacing the entire assembly with some universal unit from the the auto parts store. The new tank is tiny, maybe holds a quarter gallon, but the original tank was equally tiny so nothing lost there. The new tank and pump work great and its nice knowing I can wash the windows from a switch if desired.

I also replaced the radiator cap since I don't know how old the current was one. The new cap came from applied GMC so I trust the rating of 7 PSI even though the manual says 9 PSI is the right rating. The old cap was rated at a whopping 16 PSI. That high of a pressure rating could have damaged the cooling system.

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Smll Med Lrg grabbed this loose bulb was I was in there, too bad plastic bulb holders are unobtanium	Smll Med Lrg	Smll Med Lrg	Smll Med Lrg
Smll Med Lrg The new switch is pretty darn close to the original in look	Smll Med Lrg	Smll Med Lrg gross. the old pump was seized, perhaps because of the slim growing in the tank	Smll Med Lrg
Smll Med Lrg oh yeah, and the tank is terribly cracked, though it would probably still take an hour to leak out	Smll Med Lrg old tank mounting bracket	Smll Med Lrg Installed a heating pad on the waste tank to keep it from freezing	Smll Med Lrg Installed the Facon CW-T1218. I am happy with it. The waste tank never froze on our trip
Smll Med Lrg Apparently this pad includes a thermostat to turn on at 45 and off at 68 degrees	Smll Med Lrg	Smll Med Lrg cleaned up the waste water tank for the adhesive backed heating pad	Smll Med Lrg
Smll Med Lrg tapped into the same ground used for the waste tank level sender unit	Smll Med Lrg protected teh wires as best I could, but this is simply an awkward location for wires	Smll Med Lrg tied into factory fuse panel. Wiring looks messy, but it works for now. May clean up some day	Smll Med Lrg ran wire out the same hole as the air lines to air bags
Smll Med Lrg secured wire in a couple spots to keep it from getting caught in suspension	Smll Med Lrg	Smll Med Lrg	Smll Med Lrg
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Smll Med Lrg replaced washer fluid lines while I was in there	Smll Med Lrg new switch installed, looks just like the original	Smll Med Lrg added a bolt to the front of the engine access door to quiet down the exhaust leak noise some	Smll Med Lrg
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