Wiper motor source?
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Wiper motor source?
Had to use the wipers on my 1961 F250 for the first time the other day, and it appears that the motor is slowly dying. The wipers work fine for a little while, then slow down and quit, with the motor sounding “sicker” as they slow. They sometimes start back up after a little while.
I’ve found the motor online from a couple different places; just wondering if any one source is better or if they’re all selling the same thing. Is this part available NOS (and would it be advisable to use an old motor)?
I’ve found the motor online from a couple different places; just wondering if any one source is better or if they’re all selling the same thing. Is this part available NOS (and would it be advisable to use an old motor)?
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With the exception of rubber parts - given the choice, I am always going to search for an NOS part, over a Chinese made part, which many, if not most, reproductions and aftermarket parts are, these days. Sometimes the offshore manufactured parts are fine, other times they are garbage.
Last year, I had the chance to buy an NOS fuel sender, but settled for the repopped one from, I believe, Carpenter. Do you want to guess its’ status, less than a year later? Sometimes works, sometimes doesn’t. And, though I have been keeping an eye peeled on eBay, and periodically checking PartsVoice and RearCounter, haven’t seen one recently. I saved , or so I thought, a whopping 35.00 by buying reproduction. I’ve had, though, 200.00 worth of aggravation for my stupidity.
Last year, I had the chance to buy an NOS fuel sender, but settled for the repopped one from, I believe, Carpenter. Do you want to guess its’ status, less than a year later? Sometimes works, sometimes doesn’t. And, though I have been keeping an eye peeled on eBay, and periodically checking PartsVoice and RearCounter, haven’t seen one recently. I saved , or so I thought, a whopping 35.00 by buying reproduction. I’ve had, though, 200.00 worth of aggravation for my stupidity.
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Wipers
Had to use the wipers on my 1961 F250 for the first time the other day, and it appears that the motor is slowly dying. The wipers work fine for a little while, then slow down and quit, with the motor sounding “sicker” as they slow. They sometimes start back up after a little while.
I’ve found the motor online from a couple different places; just wondering if any one source is better or if they’re all selling the same thing. Is this part available NOS (and would it be advisable to use an old motor)?
I’ve found the motor online from a couple different places; just wondering if any one source is better or if they’re all selling the same thing. Is this part available NOS (and would it be advisable to use an old motor)?
One word of caution. There is a crimped in nut that is in the cowl air plenum, It is about 8 inches over from the drivers side wiper. You can see it looking down in there. Start spraying some lubricant on it way in advance of trying to remove that wiper motor because if it breaks loose and spins it is nearly impossible to get a tool in there to hold it.
Actually there are 2 nuts in there just looked at mine, been awhile since I had that thing out.
Well now I see that link doesn't work, try this Car-Part.com
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Best I can do till the BIG Dummy ( no, not LaMont Sanford) notices this thread. Note: Assumes you have the 2-speed motor for your 61. It’s ND’s post on a prior thread.
C1TZ-17508-D (replaced C2TZ-17508-A, C1TF-17508-F & C1TF-17508-A) .. Two Speed Wiper Motor / Obsolete
Applications: 1961/63 F100/950.
C1TZ-17508-D (replaced C2TZ-17508-A, C1TF-17508-F & C1TF-17508-A) .. Two Speed Wiper Motor / Obsolete
Applications: 1961/63 F100/950.
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P-51, Do you have the 2-speed wipermotor?
If so, you can search for one on RearCounter and/or PartsVoice.
If you’ve the 1-speed motor, Bill will catch up to you, after he’s had his nap and watched Judge Judy.��
If so, you can search for one on RearCounter and/or PartsVoice.
If you’ve the 1-speed motor, Bill will catch up to you, after he’s had his nap and watched Judge Judy.��
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Had to use the wipers on my 1961 F250 for the first time the other day, and it appears that the motor is slowly dying. The wipers work fine for a little while, then slow down and quit, with the motor sounding “sicker” as they slow. They sometimes start back up after a little while.
I’ve found the motor online
from a couple different places...
I’ve found the motor online
from a couple different places...i buzzard bait: Judge Judy begins at 4PM and I slept in today until 11:30 AM so I don't need a nap.
Yesterday, I typed a post in the SDC forum which has stirred up a hornets nest...like I knew it would.
So for the past coupla hours, I've been responding to the b!tchers.
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P-51,
you may want to take it apart first to see if the works are just gummed up with old, hardened grease. Its also possible that the motor could be serviced or rebuilt. There are companies that specialize in that.
you may want to take it apart first to see if the works are just gummed up with old, hardened grease. Its also possible that the motor could be serviced or rebuilt. There are companies that specialize in that.
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Yes, they're the two speed wipers. I'd probably have pulled it out today and looked it over but I've been fiddling with my other project, a recalcitrant Ford 8N tractor. Thanks for the thought on refurbishing it; I'd just sort of assumed if it was through it was through. It's funny, the wipers fire right up every time, but work progressively slower and eventually quit and need a break to work again. Don't know if that tells anyone wiser than I anything.
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C1TZ-17508-D .. Two Speed Wiper Motor / Obsolete
1961/63 F100/950 / 1963 N500/950 & NT850.
MCDONALD OBSOLETE PARTS in Rockport IN has 1 = 812-359-4965.
NOS PARTS LTD in Waxahachie TX has 2 = 972-937-2201.
CARPENTER NOS OBSOLETE PARTS in Concord NC has 6 = 800-476-9653.
Two sources south of the Mason-Dixon line. 'Save your Confederate money boys, the South will rise again.'
1961/63 F100/950 / 1963 N500/950 & NT850.
MCDONALD OBSOLETE PARTS in Rockport IN has 1 = 812-359-4965.
NOS PARTS LTD in Waxahachie TX has 2 = 972-937-2201.
CARPENTER NOS OBSOLETE PARTS in Concord NC has 6 = 800-476-9653.
Two sources south of the Mason-Dixon line. 'Save your Confederate money boys, the South will rise again.'
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I never got to watch!
BTW, what is that forum, I’d like to view the carnage, if it’s all the same to you . . .🤪
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It would be worth the time spent to at least call around and see if the original motor is repairable - maybe it just needs carbon brushes & bearings. The motors themselves are undoubtedly made with better materials overall than anything you can buy today of recent manufacture.
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