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In this Discussion
- Aaron D. IL February 2009
- hudsontech February 2009
- Jon B February 2009
- rbennett47 February 2009
- tigermoth February 2009
Vacuum Wiper Fix
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The wipers on my car are slow and I want make them work faster. Before I start tearing into the vacuum motor, I would like to get some input on how to best clean it out and relube it, if needed. There does seem to be enough vacuum going to it.
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One of the quickest "fixes" would be to go out and buy a bottle of Neats Foot Oil at a leather shop of shoe repair place. Suck it into the motor by connecting a short rubber tube to the inlet pipe, and the other end in the bottle. Then move the lever back and forth. You may have to tilt the motor between "passes" so that the stuff doesn't come back out. Then, when it's full, let it set for a day or so. This softens the leather seal within. Then hook the motor up to the tube coming from your manifold, and see if the motor works any faster.
If not, send it off to Ficken's on Long Island and they'll rebuild it. -
If you want the Trico wiper data sheet with some good info, particularly 48 up, drop me an email @ NEChudsontech09@yahoo.com (drop the NEC). I have most years from 1934 to 1954.
Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
HudsonTech
Memphis, TN -
After you follow the advice given above, if they wipers still don't work to your liking you might check the vacuum hoses and additionally you could put in a double action fuel pump and run a tube from it with a "T" in the line going to the Vac wiper motor.
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one note about neats foot oil. my wiper motor had a rubber seal which would not be affected by neats foot oil. skinned knuckles magazine had a very detailed description of vacuum motor overhaul in one of their past issues. check your or a friends skinned knuckles index for the issue number. regards, tp
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There is a guy in, of all places, Zilla (Zillah?) Washington who, for about
$70, takes your wiper motor, hones it out to give it smooth air-tight sides,
then mics the ID, and cuts a new piece of leather to fit. He advertises in Hemmings, I believe, under the name of "Clean-Sweep", or something like that. He did the motor on my '54 four years ago and it still works great.
Good Luck, Bob
