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| | | | Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 480 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 480 | Don't know if this belongs here or in electrical, but...
After getting the windshield installed, I put the wiper blades on and turned the wipers on to check for parking position. The passenger arm moved about 1/3 of the way, then stopped. I got under the dash and found that the arm had slipped off the wiper motor. Feeling around I discovered that the drivers side was also loose and ready to come off. I found the little spring retainer on the floor.
Is there a better way to secure the arms? I put in an electrical wiper motor from Jim Carter, but that was back when there was nothing else under the dash and no transmission or foot pedals. Even then I couldn't get the clips that came with the motor on, which is why I was using the spring clip thing.
Any suggestions appreciated.
Tim
I am currently digging back in to a 1953 3800 (one ton) with a nine foot bed. I've owned it since 1979, and drove it until 1982 (or so). My wife got me involved in restoring it back in 2002, got the body removed and the frame redone, then things came up. Now I am retired and starting again. If anyone is interested I have photos on Imagur ( https://timwhiteblues.imgur.com/ ). I live way back in the woods in the Ozarks on 40 acres at the end of a 2 1/2 mile private road. Tim
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | Make, year, model truck?
1953 3800?
Electric wiper from Jim Carter: make/manufacturer (6v or 12v)?
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 480 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 480 | Sorry.
1953 3800
12 volt wiper motor from carter, made by New Port Engineering, in Washington, Missouri.
Tim
Last edited by bluesman; 06/07/2019 3:59 PM.
I am currently digging back in to a 1953 3800 (one ton) with a nine foot bed. I've owned it since 1979, and drove it until 1982 (or so). My wife got me involved in restoring it back in 2002, got the body removed and the frame redone, then things came up. Now I am retired and starting again. If anyone is interested I have photos on Imagur ( https://timwhiteblues.imgur.com/ ). I live way back in the woods in the Ozarks on 40 acres at the end of a 2 1/2 mile private road. Tim
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2019 Posts: 122 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2019 Posts: 122 | I just did this job on my 3100. Newport motor and new linkage from classic parts.
The new linkage and the motor instructions don't jive. The linkage that connects to the motor doesn't need the larger plastic grommets since the linkage has a bolt head hole.
I slipped the linkage on the motor, then the plastic washer, then the c clip.
You don't need the old style spring clip.
Passenger linkage goes on top, driver on bottom of motor.
I had to unseat and adjust the wipers arms to get them to be in the correct park position.
1951 Chevy 3100 1/2 ton (1957 235, 4 speed, 411 rear)
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