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I bought my 73 opel gt and i was striping the interior and noticed a pedal above the clutch. could anybody tell me what that is for?
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I bought my 73 opel gt and i was striping the interior and noticed a pedal above the clutch. could anybody tell me what that is for?
You'll have to provide a picture, this is interesting....
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I bought my 73 opel gt and i was striping the interior and noticed a pedal above the clutch. could anybody tell me what that is for?

your remote windshield wiper control. Go ahead and stomp on it.
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That pedal is the manual foot pump for the windshield washer. Pushing down on it will spray washer fluid on the windshield and activate the windshield wipers. It also, when touched lightly by the foot, is the Opel GT's version of intermittent wipers!
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That pedal is the manual foot pump for the windshield washer. Pushing down on it will spray washer fluid on the windshield and activate the windshield wipers. It also, when touched lightly by the foot, is the Opel GT's version of intermittent wipers!
If it is working properly....
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Have not seen one fail yet
Um, the foot wiper switch is pretty durable, but the rubber bellows that provides the "washer" function fails routinely. New reproduction bellows are available, or it can replaced by a second "push-on" switch that can power a washer pump (which is what I did about twenty years ago)
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Heh, I had that moment of confusion too.

Currently mine poofs out dust...
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