Mine's been missing from my truck since I've owned it. Just been using a rigged switch under the dash. But now I'm doing a complete rewiring job and want to restore all the original switches. If anyone's got an extra one that works (NOS would be awesome too), I'd like to buy it.

I've been calling around, and no one has it except for a couple places who want way way to much for it...

Thanks guys,
Matt

 

Is it the single speed switch you need? I have a good one with the bezel but not the black ***.... it works too! i just pluged it in my 66 ans tried it out.

PM me if you want it.

 

Naw its the two speed switch I need. Thanks though. I think a couple guys over on the FordTruk.com forums have one they'll give me.

 

what year you working on ??? the switches had some variance on them...


- cs65

 

C3TZ17A553E .. W/Shield Wiper Switch-Use with TWO Speed Wipers (Motorcraft SW721) / Obsolete

Marked: C3TB-17A553-A or C3TB-17A553-E / 4 terminals.

* NOTE: The switch does not come with the ****, bezel or the nut used to retain it to the dash. All these parts were sold individually.

Fits: 1963/65 F100/350 & 1966 F100/350 before serial number 702,001.

Fits: 1963/65: F500/950; N/NT500/850; T700/850 / 1966: F500/950; N/NT500/850; T700/850 before serial number 802,001.

Fits: 1963/66 Econoline.

ANTIQUE AUTO SUPPLY in Arlington TX has ONE = 817-275-2381.

JST AUTOMOTIVE in Lebanon TN has ONE = 615-443-3086.

NOS PARTS SOURCE in Lenexa KS has ONE = 913-220-5746.

No Ford Dealer, no other obsolete parts vendor has any.

Don: OP's profile sez 1964 F100, so I assume that's what he wants the switch for...since he didn't say.

 

I just checked my collection...no got here...just got a C3TZ(B)17A553G1 and C7TZ(B)17A553A


- cs65

 

One a these days, we gotta hunt around SoCal, there was once a whole pile of NOS: switches (100's of different types!), oilcaps, engine parts, armrests and a lotta other crappola, but...

When they tore the 50' aisle down that contained the wooden bins (originally came from a defunct Hudson dealer), they moved all of it when they erected the steel axle racks.

Marty doesn't know where they moved it, and his former head honcho...that would know, is his-tor-ee.

btw: garbz2 bought those crew cab doors you found. These had also been moved, but Marty knew where.

 

Michelle over on the FordTruk forums just put one in the mail for me. Yes its for my '64 F100.

By the way, had another question. How do the wipers know where the 'park' position is? Is that a function of the switch? Right now my toggle switch is simple on & off, its a pain in the *** to time em to stop at the right moment!

 

the wiper motor controls the park position


- cs65

 

I need to rephrase my question. With a toggle switch, the wipers stop whenever I flip it to off, anywhere on the windshield. Will the OE switch fix this so that when I turn em off, they go to the bottom then stop?

 

the only reason they wouldnt park properly is if something were wrong with the parking stuff in the motor itself...the switch has zero to do with the parking position of the wipers...the motor is what ultimately finishes the wipe cycle and park them at the bottom...

- cs65

 

Oh okay, thanks.

 

User name ms_michelle here on FTE.

 

Are you sure? I don't think I have ever had a 66 that the wipers did anything but stop when the switch was turned off. I always thought that the wipers were parked by turning the switch off at the bottom of the windshield. Perhaps I have never had a truck with fully functional wipers and have just never known it.

I just went out and tried three different trucks, both single and two speed, and the wipers all stopped as soon as the switch was turned off. None returned to the bottom of the windshield.

 

People remove the splined wiper arms from the splined pivots, then when they re-install them, some put them back in the wrong position.

When the switch is turned off, the wiper arms will come to rest close to their correct position, but will be canted. Remove the arms, re-position them on the splines.

There's a parking switch that mounts under the cover of the wiper motor, When it goes bad, when you turn off the switch, the wipers stop in whatever position they are in.