If you have a multimeter or volt ohm meter you may be able to put it in series with the power lead and read the amps that it is drawing and use that as a reference to what size fuse to use. If the instruction don't say the size and the fuse is not marked you may be left with my idea as a starting point or you need to contact the manufacture. Ed ke6bnl

 

Terry,

Most every wiper motor I've seen requires a 15-20 Amp fuse. It's possible you got a bad motor too. It could have an internal short!

Vern

 

Tonight i loosened the dash supports for wiper motor bracket. Hooked back up put 20 amp fuse in. Worked great. I had a bind with the brackets. Feel much better now.

Thanks everyone.

 

Terry,

You gotta LOVE a happy ending...

Vern

 

You can say that again.

 

I converted my 52 F-1 panel vacuum wiper motor to electric using a kit from Vintage. It was really easy, just removed the entire stock assembly, drilled out the 8 spot welds that held the old motor, and mounted the new electric motor in its place. The support bracket mounted through the same hole in the firewall as the original radio support bracket. It works great.
52 panel

 

I didn't see your post until after I had submitted one today about vacuum wiper fix. You may want to check it. I also noticed how my late 50 - 51 (I think because of electric wiring) had the dash supports screwed up too. Mine has wipers on both sides. Jim Bob

 

My 52 has wipers on both sides as well. The vaccum motor mounted on a bracket and arms run from a pitman arm on the motor to each of the wiper shafts. When I removed the nuts on the front of the truck, the entire unit dropped out in my case. I think the should have been an additional brace in there that may have been removed. I took the assembly out in one piece, drilled the eight spot welds and mounted the electric motor back in the place of the vacuum unit. The electric motor is significantly heavier than the vacuum so be sure to brace it.

 

Don't know if this will be of any help or not, but on my 56 I installed an electric wiper motor from a 79 Ford F-150 on it. I fabbed a mounting plate, and using some modified parts from the doner truck and a homemade bell crank it works perfectly. It parks correctly too. I have to admit that it did take a couple of days work to make it all work. It probably would take longer to do than the Sac Ford kit. I guess it depends on how much time you want to spend on it.

Michelle
Chelle's 56 Hauler

 

To echo Ms Michelle's my wiper motor is from a 74 F-100. The wiring was then spliced into a 87 F-150 wiper wiring giving me intermittent on my 55'

 

How bout those new cuss words you promised us? Or was it so easy you just used some of the old ones?

 

It was so easy that I didn't even have to use the old ones! I took the old unit out in one piece, drilled the spot welds, mounted the new motor and bench tested it with 12 volts to make sure it would park. I had to bend the arms that connect from the pitman arm of the motor to the wiper shafts to keep them from binding and away you go. Total time took less than 30 minutes.

 

Dear TLB,

This is a different question, but I see you have a very nice '48 F1. I assume you did a 12V conversion since you put in the electric wiper motor.

I also have a V8 in my '51 (a '68 289) and would like to get the old gages working ... did you solve this problem?

Regards, Richard

 

Hello Richard,

I bought new dolphin gauges to replace the original ones. The old ones did not work. I also rewired entire truck with an ez-wire harness. The truck had been converted to 12v before i bought it.

There are companies that rebuild the old gauges but are expensive. Someday i would like to put the old gauges back in because they do look good.

If your gauges work you can buy a voltage reducer that you can ue with 12v. Make sure it has the correct resistance rating to match the gauges.

 

I just took off my wipers and refuse to drive my 53 in the rain.Love the info in the thread though,
Mark