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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 09:46 AM
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Bob,

Yea, those two dash brackets make things a bit tight for the 48-50 trucks. Were you able to fit the 51-52 set up through te two tiny little openings in those brackets? I might have a 51-52 set up (I'll have to dig through the boxes in the shed)

I havent really started looking at it seriously but I think I will mount my wiper motor in the center of the dash area (the radio location) Since I'm not too worried about factory locations I'll mount a radio in an overhead console (someday)

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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 09:56 AM
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Bobby,

I don't remember and I have the truck in storage in an unheated shed in the back of the farm so I can't really get to it right now to see what I exactly did. I know I cut the pivoted brace of the passenger side, welded a nut on each piece and inserted a threaded rod to join them together. I then mounted the electric motor above the dash pack, the location of the original vacuum motor.
 
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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 10:03 AM
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Bob,

Please don't go out there and try and look. I'm not going to be messing with wipers for several months. I have a pretty good mental picture of what you did from your description and will probably do something similar.

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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 02:30 PM
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I pity the fool who searches for information on 51-52 dual wipers and gets pointed to a thread about Mercury Tailgates.
 
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