Wiper Knob Trick?
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 08-Sep-01 AT 02:04 PM (EST)[/font][p]Not sure if it's the same but on my '65 the headlight switch has a little button on the switch assembly that you push in and then you can pull out the **** and shaft. (The **** stays attached to the shaft). The manual says the wiper **** has a setscrew but I haven't tried to remove it.
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I've never done it myself, but from what I hear, "trick" ain't a bad description of the process. Goes something like this.
There's a little flat spring clip inside the **** hole that runs parallel to the switch shaft. It's only accessible from the back of the ****. Take something small and flat, like a bobby pin and bend it in the shape of a "J". Then reach into the little slot in the back of the ****, press the spring up, and slide it off.
Guess all of 'em can't be "better ideas".
Dan Blackwell
There's a little flat spring clip inside the **** hole that runs parallel to the switch shaft. It's only accessible from the back of the ****. Take something small and flat, like a bobby pin and bend it in the shape of a "J". Then reach into the little slot in the back of the ****, press the spring up, and slide it off.
Guess all of 'em can't be "better ideas".
Dan Blackwell
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Wiper **** Trick?
If you look at the **** itself, you will see a notch in the edge closest to the dash. That is the spot where you have to use the "J" tool described above-. Apply pressure with the tool at that point while pulling gently on the ****. Reminder- unlike the headlight switch- only the **** comes off. The shaft stays in the switch.
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 10-Sep-01 AT 09:24 AM (EST)[/font][p]On my 79 I just gave it a good tug and it came off. With the headlight switch you have to reach in behind the dash and push in this little button to release the shaft.
Oh Yeah, I don't have intermitent wipers if that makes a difference.
-Brents.
Oh Yeah, I don't have intermitent wipers if that makes a difference.
-Brents.
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Wiper **** Trick?
[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 10-Sep-01 AT 11:54 PM (EST)[/font][p]The best description that I have heard to help me was that it's similar to the "hold-open" catch on your house's screen door. You just need to trip it by inserting the clipped-off hair-pin into the notch on front of the ****, and then pull it AND the hair-pin away from the dash at the same time. Steve
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[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 11-Sep-01 AT 03:23 AM (EST)[/font][p]I bent a small screwdriver tip into a 90* degree angle.
That way you slide it into the notch underneath the **** to catch the spring steel and pull the **** and the screwdriver slowly towards you.
Dennis
That way you slide it into the notch underneath the **** to catch the spring steel and pull the **** and the screwdriver slowly towards you.
Dennis
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