ACDelco 8 6712 Professional Windshield Washer Review

73 Monte Carlo, car 18 years old. I don't think it has ever worked since I've owned it. Bought another mechanic 4 or 5 years ago and it was never right. When I went to the HRPT 2021 and had clocked over 2000 miles I wanted this to work. If you've dabbled with those old mechanical pumps, you're going to love this new electronic one. I was afraid of durability, but if it works for a week then everything is ok. The price was right.

My 74's original mechanical pump failed so I bought this electronic replacement. The first got up and worked well. Two weeks later he was dead completely. Revain was great and sent a replacement. It was DOA. Hopefully it was a coincidence. The third was DOA, as was the fourth. I have a body shop so this is not user error. I tested the last two before installing them on a bank with a 12V power supply and nothing.

These upgraded windshield washer pumps are cat meows to old GMs. I used it on my '71 Monte Street Rod about 20 years ago. I recently started restoring my late son's 1976 Chevrolet C30 after years of sitting unused. After playing around with the original old style cam driven mechanical block and getting nowhere, I ordered this block on a Sunday evening. It was there by 10am Tuesday, installed within 20 minutes and had washer fluid on the windshield for the first time in decades! Highly…