Working on the '78 Wiper system problem.

[commando1]

Bob:
I'm working on the best solution for you guys with the '78 windshield wiper problem. Through the help of two other NYB owners who have worked on their wiper systems (one a 77 and one a 78) we are comparing notes.

I need one thing from you first:
Please give me the measurements of the fascia opening for your wiper switch as shown in the pic because we're coming up with two different sizes for 78 based on whether it's a 2 speed, 3 speed, or varable speed wiper system.

 

[1978 NYB]

Width = 1.75" Height = 1.25" My 78 NYB is a 2 speed intermittent wiper system. The wiper switch is part number 3747 350.

Thanks Stan!

 

[commando1]

Good. Looks like a 2 speed or 3 speed switch (of which there are ton of, used and NOS) is a plug 'n play.
I'm waiting for them to get back to me on what hassles there are under the cowl.

 

[1978 NYB]

Mine is a 2 speed intermittent.

 

[polara71]

Bob, your light is blocking the house number, thats not good for the 911 system, please move one of them.........

 

[1978 NYB]

Thanks Dave.

I'll move the house number after the storm.

 

[polara71]

I'll move the house number after the storm.

assuming the house is still there. How close are you to any larger body of water

 

[1978 NYB]

Not far from the Chesapeake Bay and the Susquehanna River. There's other river tributaries all around me which will flood the roads and make them nonpassable. I'll be ok from storm surge.......it's the wind and rain that's going to be a problem for me. Other communities all around me have more immediate flood threats, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Edgewood, Havre De Grace, and most definitely Port Deposit after the Conowingo Dam opens 50+gates.

 

[Airstream]

Hi.
My is the same as Bob's NYers.
Just another thing. my son for school was looking up some kind of CAD design porgram. and come across a place in the U.S. that you draw the thing you like them to make useing the porgram. tell them what you want it made from (steel, brass. plastic so on} and they send you a costing. all done on CNC gear.
has anyone try this for our 1 year wiper cam bushes.
I'm get my boy ask the treaher what the site was.
you guys have any idea on this?

 

[commando1]

Mine is a 2 speed intermittent.

Well that's going to have to go. It's incompatable with the pre-78 wiper motors.

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[commando1]

Hey, good news.
If it helps, it's been confirmed that your 2 speed delay system was also used on the 79-81 R models.
Maybe Murray has a few of those around.

 

[kmccabe56]

One of the guys on http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewYorkerOnline/

has come up with a fix for the '78 intermittent wiper issue. There's a whole tutorial on it.

 

[commando1]

I already gave Bob the link for that.
BTW, The Group has been going down the toilet for some time now, do you think?

 

[kmccabe56]

Oh yeah. Sad too. It was really quite good.

 

[commando1]

Oh yeah. Sad too. It was really quite good.

There was a time I would have had a 1/2 dozen responses to my question I just posted. Now? Nothing.
I think that guy Paul who read too much started driving the good guys away.
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/NewYorkerOnline/message/36996

 

[kmccabe56]

He succeeded very well in driving just about everybody away.