Has anyone had experience installing a rheostat or potentiometer inline to slow the high speed wiper motor? If so what type did you use and how did you do it? What is the amperage of the wiper motor?

 

alpar80, Welcome to FTE. I don't think I have ever seen that question before.

What are you wanting to do and or why?

Have you thought about adding delay or intermittent to the system?





John

 

I just went to the wreckers and got one from a mid 70's truck with 2 speed and intermittent and it works great, easy swap.

 

I did the same thing to mine, and I love the intermittent wipers on my 66. They are great, and most people would have no idea I changed the switch out. I do still need to cut the shaft off. It is a little long right now.

 

Does the newer switch plugin to the old harness? Does the old **** fit on the new shaft?

 

I don't really know about the wiring part. My truck needed a complete harness, so I put ends on the non-stock harnesses wires. As for the ****, yes, it pushes right on, and the only thing you need to be worried about at all is the shaft sticks out a little further, I am going to cut mine off, but haven't gotten to it.

 

Does anybody know if it will plug in?

 

I believe the power goes to the motor, the switch (harness) connects to the motor.

It has been 10 years, I did switch motors, swapped the arm on the back so they would park correctly, then added delay. It all came together nicely.



John

 

Does anyone have a wire schematic or diagram how to wire the factory 65 harness to the mid 70s switch?

There are 7 prongs as opposed to 4 on 5 on the original...

 

Are you sure you don't have a delay switch? The easy way to check is try to turn the switch to the left. If it turns to the left and keeps turning like a volume ****. If that is the switch you have to have the delay module to make it work right. You can get one off ebay pretty easy.

 

I got the switch from LMC truck and it is for a mid 70s model. I am just looking for the wiring schematic because I dont have the harness to wire up to it, I need to individually place the wires on the correct ports.

 

My '66 has 7 wires off the back of the switch. Will a delay wiper switch plug in?

 

First: JOW: The good news: To install the coleHersee intermittent switch on the 66F100 took about 35 minutes after the instrument cluster removal and figuring out the wires, which are: GreyHI, WhiteLO, BlackPARK, Red: I'm not sure: it is always connected to 12V regardless of the switch position, I think it might supply part of the parking switch. The thread of the stem is the same as the bezel nut. Now, the more important bad news: that switch will not work on a 66. The high and low work, but the park and intermittent will not.

Second: Broom: on your 66, what parts did you swap to do the conversion? Was your original switch 7 terminal (one hot, two to break the washer motor hot, and 4 to the wiper motor)?

Thanks, JB

 

Hi, I thought I would ad my two cents into the pot. I went to the local pick your part. They have half off pricing on the holidays. Anyway, I picked up a wiper switch, governor, and motor and all of the wiring pig tails to go with wiper motor and the governor from a 1980/91 F150. The switch will mount in the same fashion as the original switch and the wiper switch **** from the vehicle you are converting will fit right on as it should. Find a convenient place to mount the governor, mount the wiper motor on the factory wiper motor bracket (you don't have to worry about the position you choose, just mount it in the position to give you the most room under the dash). Next cut the wiper arm off where it mounts to the motor shaft, like to make a washer, then mount the original wiper arm over top of the cut arm and secure it with the arm bolt from the new motor. Clock the original arm as close as possible to the original position as possible. Connect all of the wiring together, plug in what plugs in and wire the governor pig tail to the wiper motor pig tail connectors color by color, connect the power and grounds as necessary. There will be a extra wire left over for the washers (from the switch) if you don't have an electric washer pump. Now turn the wipers on to test the swipe and adjust as necessary to get the proper clocking of the wiper arm on the motor. After you get it all tuned in remove the wiper motor with the wiper motor arm attached, then spot weld the original arm to the cut arm/washer, then reassemble. I performed this very swap on my '63 Ranchero and it works perfectly. I picked up another set up for my '62 F100 uni for when I get around to do the refurbish on that truck. Try it! I picked up all three parts with the pig tails for $20.00. I will post wiring colors for what does what if anyone is interested.

 

Koolkat, I don't know about the Ranchero, I have never worked on one, nor visit that forum. I also have never worked on a pre 66, but for those & up we can do it a little differently.

You disconnect the wiring from the motor, pull it, remove the arm from the rear and attach it to the new donor motor, (for proper parking) stick the donor in the mounting holes bolt it up. The rest is plug and play.

Before you want to pee on my shoes, I have done it to my truck 10-12 years back and have helped many others do it.


John