Electric Wipers
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From: Agua Dulce, So. Calif.
Originally Posted by tlb
The fuse is the one supplied with wipers. Instructions does not say what size fuse nor can i read it on the fuse itself. I thought about this last night and what i think is the brackets may need relocated a little. They may be putting a bind on the motor bracket and causing motor to run harder and trying to draw more amps than required. When i get a chance i will loosen the brackets and try again.
Thanks for the input.
Terry
Thanks for the input.
Terry
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From: East Palestine, Ohio
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.
Thanks everyone.
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From: Littleton, New Hampshire
Originally Posted by tlb
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.
Thanks everyone.
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Vern
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From: Pensacola, FL
Electric wiper conversion
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.
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From: Marissa, IL
Electric Wipers
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
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F-1 Wipers
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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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
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From: East Palestine, Ohio
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 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.
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