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| | | | Joined: Oct 2019 Posts: 449 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2019 Posts: 449 | I'm in the camp of wanting to maintain originality as much as possible but want to incorporate some things that promote engine life & performance. The vacuum windshield wipers are one feature I'd like to keep (not a daily driver but a Sunday driver). That being said, does a PCV system such as Deve's have a significant affect on the vacuum wipers?
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Kevin
1965 Chevy C10 Longbed Fleetside
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,760 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,760 | Nothing but bad stuff can happen with that system. A factory PCV was used with vacuum wipers on a lot of vehicles. If you want to be period correct and still have good working wipers try to find a dual action fuel piump that works. Of course, finding one of them might be akin to discovering the Holy Grail, an homest politician, or a truthful used car salesman!
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Kevin
1965 Chevy C10 Longbed Fleetside
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 338 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 338 | I found one of those fuel pumps at the Stovebolt Reunion.
1954 Chevy custom 261CID, T-5 5 Speed.
1952 Chevy 6400 2 ton hydraulic flat bed.
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | | | | | | Joined: Oct 2019 Posts: 449 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2019 Posts: 449 |
Kevin
1965 Chevy C10 Longbed Fleetside
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 631 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 631 | Go for the look, keep the hoses intact .........replace the vacuum wiper motor with electric nobody will ever know. Plus you’ll actually have wipers on the rare occasion you might need them.
Electric wipers are on the top ten hidden mod list...........for obvious reasons.
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | "I'm in the camp of wanting to maintain originality as much as possible . . . "
Original appearance or original-working equipment?
Dual-action vacuum wipers work well at all speeds/rpms.
They do not care about 6v/12v or pos/neg ground. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 4,472 AD Addict & Tinkerer | | AD Addict & Tinkerer Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 4,472 | One more thing to consider if you decide on electric wipers, is the cheep ones sold on eBay interfere with the choke cable. You have to buy the more expensive ones such as Newport Engineering to be able to install without issues.
Phil Moderator, The Engine Shop, Interiors and Project Journals1952 Chevrolet 3100, Three on the Tree, 4:11 torque tube Updated to: ‘59 235 w/hydraulic lifters, 12v w/alternator, HEI, PCV and Power front Disc BrakesProject JournalsStovebolt Gallery Forum | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | | | | | | Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 2,188 Insomniac | | Insomniac Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 2,188 | My truck came with the factory PCV system and vacuum wipers. Standard fuel pump - not dual action.
When I installed the power disc brakes, I replaced the vacuum wipers with electric and ran the vacuum line to the brake booster.
So, yes, you can run PCV and vacuum wipers.
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1954 1/2 ton 235 4 speed
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 1,214 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 1,214 | I ran a PCV on my old 216 with vacuum wipers and just a std fuel pump, no additional vacuum and it was serviceable for the several years I ran it that way. I rarely ventured out in the 49 if it was already raining but when caught out on a cruise the vacuum wipers had no trouble getting me home safely.
I did a thread and review on it many moons ago, (2013 or so I believe). I tried Deve's way and ended up modifying the draft tube to position the PCV further away from the block as my old 216 had way too much blowby to mount the PCV directly in the block.
The size of the PCV matters immensely as too big will rob too much vacuum from the wiper motor. I replaced the 216 with a 235 and will be installing the old PCV setup to the 235 once I clean it up and make it more presentable. Too many benefits to running a PCV IMHO.
Good luck. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2019 Posts: 449 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2019 Posts: 449 | Hey Volfandt Thanks for the advice.
"....and will be installing the old PCV setup to the 235 once I clean it up and make it more presentable" - you mean a factory original PCV system?
Kevin
1965 Chevy C10 Longbed Fleetside
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