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Discussion Topic: '35 Ford windshield Wiper motor and vacuum hose

flatheadfan

08-25-2011 @ 9:40 AM

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This should not be a problem but you need to do something different than what Henry did. The factory position of the wiper hose is up through the left pillar. This forces the hose to go under the wiper motor to connect to the vacuum regulator. In my opinion this is a poor arrangement because the bent hose can come loose over time at this juncture. Rather than this routing turn the hose inlet on the vacuum control to the right and run you hose down the right pillar. Now this is were Henry can help you. Down the right-hand pillar you should have a cord for the radio speaker lead. Just attach the hose to the cord and pull it up and through and then attach it to the wiper motor. Once everything is back together with the header in place nobody can detect that you re-routed the wiper hose (for the better).

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Tom

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G Tosel

08-24-2011 @ 8:00 PM

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You may want to try to use a soft wire about half the size of coat hanger wire and maneuver it from the header downward. You want to keep the wire close to the outside sheet metal, since there is a wooden tacking strip inside that area. There is room enough for both a radio antenna wire and a vacuum hose, but it is tight. If you cannot get the wire down and then pull a new hose up, you can remove the inside windshield molding after you remove the rear view mirror. Behind that molding should be tacks holding some trim material from the headliner as well as the windlace. If you carefully remove the tacks you can then access the two screws that hold the wood tacking strip and then have access to install the hose.

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08-24-2011 @ 4:58 PM

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I have a '35 Ford tudor deluxe which I've owned since 1955. It has 52K original miles and was my grandfather's car. Over the past week, as part of some ongoing minor updating I pulled a couple of boners and got myself into a bit of a pickle.

Having recently had the windshield frame rechromed and then installing it, I decided that while the header was off revealing the vacuum motor, it was a good time to replace the vacuum hose. Stupidly, I pulled out the hose from where it goes down the inside of the left A-pillar and once I got it on the floor, I realized I had a problem. I should have attached the new line to the old and pulled it through. Now, for the life of me, I can't seem to make the new hose go through the same channel in the pillar. It catches somewhere. Is there a secret to that process when a guy makes that kind of mistake and is left with two unattached hoses?

The second question is in regard to the windshield wiper shaft. The original rubber grommet/gasket behind the nut and washer over the windshield was very weathered and cracked, so I ordered a new one from Mac's. When it came, it didn't at all look like what the original must have when new, so I thought I'd try one from Steele. It came looking exactly like the one from Mac's. Neither resembles the original and neither will allow me to replace the washer that goes under the nut to hold the grommet tight against the car.

Is there anyone who makes the proper grommet and washer for this? Or for that matter, a wiper arm that is not from China?

Sorry to be so long winded.

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