help with '56 wipers needed
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Laughing Gas
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From: australia
help with '56 wipers needed
I am having a problem with my 56 i hope you guys and gal's can help me fix .
I have just spent the afternoon trying to work out why my wipers won't self park .
All i can find is i think something is missing in my wiper motor , i think there is supposed to be some sort of contact in the wiper gearbox that the small red cam is supposed to contact ??
Does anyone have a motor or parts they can check this against ?
I have a shop manual but it shows me nothing .
I have just spent the afternoon trying to work out why my wipers won't self park .
All i can find is i think something is missing in my wiper motor , i think there is supposed to be some sort of contact in the wiper gearbox that the small red cam is supposed to contact ??
Does anyone have a motor or parts they can check this against ?
I have a shop manual but it shows me nothing .
Cargo Master
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From: Windermere Valley,B.C. Ca
This is not much help, but Julie and others had a thread going on this (51 though ?) about two months ago. I did not bookmark it, but this will bump it to the top, and I would beat on the crappy search feature until your eyes bleed. 
Ford Parts Specialist
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Inside the electric wiper motor is the "park switch."
When it fails, when you turn off the wipers, they stop in whatever position they are in, instead of "parking" at the base of the windshield.
Ford did not sell this switch separately until the 1970's.
When it fails, when you turn off the wipers, they stop in whatever position they are in, instead of "parking" at the base of the windshield.
Ford did not sell this switch separately until the 1970's.
Post Fiend
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Yep, the thread we had going was on the earlier models, the different switches and how the motors park on th efirst 6 volt models - probably wouldn't apply here.
Maybe Bill could find you a switch to replace the one in your motor - if there is one he can find it - otherwise you'll need to replace the entire motor. Be sure to keep the old one for parts!
Sorry I couldn't have been more helpful.
Maybe Bill could find you a switch to replace the one in your motor - if there is one he can find it - otherwise you'll need to replace the entire motor. Be sure to keep the old one for parts!
Sorry I couldn't have been more helpful.
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Laughing Gas
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From: australia
Thanks for the replies , if you look in the pic i posted ,to the right there are 2 contacts . 1 has a small brass dot on it , i'm thinking there should be a spring steel type contact running from one contact to the other that gets opened by the small red cam , thus parking the wipers ??
I will try to find something suitable and give that a try .
Fingers crossed ..
I will try to find something suitable and give that a try .
Fingers crossed ..
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COTZ17508A .. 12V Electric Wiper Motor (Motorcraft WM141) / Obsolete
WESLEY OBSOLETE PARTS in Liberty KY has EIGHT = 606-787-5293.
GREEN SALES CO. in Cincinnati OH has SIX = 800-543-4959 / 513-731-3304.
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COTZ17508A replaced B8C17508A & B6C17508A.
B8C17508A =
CARPENTER OBSOLETE PARTS in Concord NC has ONE = 704-786-8139.
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B6C17508A =
CARPENTER OBSOLETE PARTS has ONE.
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These three wiper motors fit:
1956 ALL except P Series Parcel Delivery // 1957/60 ALL except P Series Parcel Delivery.
Ford did not sell the "Park Switch" for trucks separately until 1973.
WESLEY OBSOLETE PARTS in Liberty KY has EIGHT = 606-787-5293.
GREEN SALES CO. in Cincinnati OH has SIX = 800-543-4959 / 513-731-3304.
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COTZ17508A replaced B8C17508A & B6C17508A.
B8C17508A =
CARPENTER OBSOLETE PARTS in Concord NC has ONE = 704-786-8139.
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B6C17508A =
CARPENTER OBSOLETE PARTS has ONE.
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These three wiper motors fit:
1956 ALL except P Series Parcel Delivery // 1957/60 ALL except P Series Parcel Delivery.
Ford did not sell the "Park Switch" for trucks separately until 1973.
