Hydraulic Wipers? September 15, 2005, 06:22:27 AM My 67 T-bird has the Hydraulic wipers (connected to power steering pump). :disappoin Does it exist an electric equivalent to replace it? or will I have to be a fitting master with a motor from an other car? I dont know if it works right now (no engine in the car) but i would prefer to have Electric Wiper anyway....Any tips? Quote Selected
Re: Hydraulic Wipers? Reply #1 – September 15, 2005, 11:22:50 AM ugh. that sounds over complicated. Quote Selected
Re: Hydraulic Wipers? Reply #2 – September 15, 2005, 11:55:54 AM there might be an electric motor out there for you. do you have a pic of the current motor? Quote Selected
Re: Hydraulic Wipers? Reply #5 – September 16, 2005, 12:02:41 AM I've never seen a setup like that.. I think you may be stuck with it Quote Selected
Re: Hydraulic Wipers? Reply #6 – September 16, 2005, 12:18:47 AM Anyone else more optimistic? .... Let's hope it's still working then.... :( Quote Selected
Re: Hydraulic Wipers? Reply #7 – September 16, 2005, 10:00:05 AM I don't see any signs of leaks or anything around the fittings or the wiper linkage. Hopefully it'll still work. If you used an electric motor you'd have to use an aftermarket wiper switch and it just wouldn't look right in the interior. Plus you'd have to fabricate some kind of custom bracket to attach the motor to the wiper linkage. Either that or maybe there is another car out there that has electric wipers with similar dimensions and you would be able to use that car's equipment. Quote Selected
Re: Hydraulic Wipers? Reply #8 – September 17, 2005, 05:42:18 PM Interesting! I had never heard of this set-up before.I sure remember the vacuum operated wipers. What a PITA they were. When you stepped on the gas and the vacuum dropped the wipers would stall. You had to "adjust" your driving just to keep the wipers working. Quote Selected
Re: Hydraulic Wipers? Reply #9 – September 19, 2005, 02:13:55 PM Quote from: 88turboI've never seen a setup like that.. I think you may be stuck with itI think they all had that setup, in the pre-alternator days (generators).*edit*Doh, I was thinking vaccum wipers, not Hydraulic. Quote Selected
Re: Hydraulic Wipers? Reply #10 – September 25, 2005, 03:01:09 PM i would try 68-72 full size cars and maybe also other t-birds of later vintage Quote Selected
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