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For our 65 would this be the correct bottle?

http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/8454481


It took 11 years but we got "an ol' truck",
was driven daily, now short drives only frown

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That looks very close to the washer bottle mounted on my 1964 Impala. The one I have has a paper label on it. They also made plastic bottles in later years that fit into the same bracket.
Good luck.
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Thanx Jim, close to your 64 so for our 65 it's era correct enouph for me, I'll buy it today wave


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Some did use the OptiKleen bottles but some, like my '63 C20, used the plastic reservoirs like this.


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Where does that thing mount? Anyone have a picture? What did you use for a pump? I have a 55.2 and the washer system was missing. I believe that is the same bottle I need.
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Michael - not the one for TF trucks [which was an option, so is usually "missing"] - see here for foot operated, and here, push button operated

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Then that would explain why its missing, it was never there! Those diagrams look like the bottle is mounted where the voltage regulator is? If anyone has installed a washer system on a 55.2 I'd love to see pictures.
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more to the center than the regulator - inboard of the wire harness grommet, just above where the e-brake rod is

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The OptiKleen bottle was just used to refill the plastic jug when it was empty. My 64 Impala also has a plastic jug like what you showed.
Jim


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