That's a terrific mod. Back when I was trying to analyze the wiper logic on the "hidden wipers" on my 71 Camaro (which did not originally come with it), figuring out how that motor worked, from low, to high, to park almost drove me to drinking, especially trying to get a switch that wasn't meant for it to work. After figuring out the logic, it was painfully simple. But not understanding it at first, drove me nuts. The washer motor on it just made it that much more challenging, but that ended up being simple as well. I can't even count how many vintage Chevy owners I've helped figure theirs out! That wiper link with the square hole in it looks strangely like a Muncie shifter linkage arm.
Thanks Johnnie, You are right, that does look like a Muncie shift lever. Yeah these wiper motors seem simple until you try and modify them and need to figure out how they work but once you do it turns out to be pretty simple like you mentioned. Getting to that aha moment can be frustrating. Good to hear you are sharing your knowledge.
Really enjoyed this video Mark! Lots of small moves to get things to work. I’ll be using the original vacuum wiper system on Pops. He won’t see much rain, so it’ll be fine. Thanks again for these great videos.
Very nice mod, engineering this stuff always takes time but you did a great job and for people like me that have more time than money that's ok. Thanks.
Thanks. Not everyone has the budget to just order kits for everything plus if you source all the parts yourself and something goes out or breaks you know right where to get new ones instead of paying inflated replacement parts prices.
Thanks Brittney. I am want to take to shows on the west coast for sure but if Ruby shows well maybe we can venture farther east. Are you still interested in the dash off the donor car? I don't need anything off of it after all.
Great engineering Mark. One little problem at a time. You could pop your design off to send cut send and sell the suckers. That kind of sounds like work. I'm finally priming my steering wheel this morning before it gets too hot. Thank you for your time.
Thanks. If I was younger and more hungry I just might have manufactured all my ideas and sold them but I am happy to just help others save money on their own builds. Send cut send is an awesome service and really economical. Good to hear you are making progress on the steering components.
@@FoothillPaintandFabrication I just finished priming the wheel. I agree with you. I'm too lazy to sell the stuff I already have let alone make more stuff to sell. I need to make a mount to hold my steering quickener in the column. It has about a 1/4" offset in the shafts so I need to offset the tubes. I'm going to try send cut send for the first time. I don't have a CAD program but I'm good at drafting. I guess you can just send them a well dimensioned drawing and maybe a cardboard template and they will do it for a very small fee.
@@lazyhoundracing9621 Fusion 360 is free to hobbyist like us.. I use it for the plasma table and it is not super hard to learn and there are a lot of tutorial videos. I have never used them but they have a You tube channel now and do some demos and talk about costs and stuff so you might want to check it out. I just watched this one the other day th-cam.com/video/P5dLfsVDswM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=TMWSM-4t6aOsFxjX
@@FoothillPaintandFabrication Thanks I'll check it out. I did have one semester of Autocad in collage about 5 years ago but my free student program ran out.
@@lazyhoundracing9621 Hey if I can do it you can that is for sure. It is free and you renew your free status yearly. Here is the link: www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/personal
Great alternative to the high end wiper option choices! I might have to experiment with this in my 67 Camaro project. Pretty sure your OEM wiper motor is the same one my Camaro used. (I recently ordered a power window motor to experiment with that over the winter. If I succeed, I’ll order 3 more!)
Thanks Charlie. GM used a lot of the same parts across all their lines to save time and money so chances are much of it will be the same or similar. I don't recall what the Camaro window regulators look like but they should be similar to the ones in the GTO I converted to power. Let me know if you have any questions on that.
Thanks Matt. You are still running vacuum wipers? Those things can be frustrating. They always seem to slow down when you need them the most and speed up when you are stopped.
@@mattsteffee You can totally do it. Figuring what motor to use along with the switch is the hard part. Early model motor/switches used a floating ground to control the motor and speeds while newer motors switch the positive side like the one I used here. Newport Engineering wants $280 for your car I think but no intermittent feature.
@@mattsteffee The rectangular part on the shaft of the motor is all that meshes with the cable drum. Making a bracket to get the alignment and spacing will take a little doing. The motor I used is plenty powerful enough but bigger than the ones they use.
Boy Mark, you are so crafty when it comes to these types of projects. Looks like you saved yourself a bundle! Thanks for sharing with us.
Thanks Doug. Always nice to save money and help others save money too. I hope you are feeling better and have had time to work on the truck.
That's a terrific mod. Back when I was trying to analyze the wiper logic on the "hidden wipers" on my 71 Camaro (which did not originally come with it), figuring out how that motor worked, from low, to high, to park almost drove me to drinking, especially trying to get a switch that wasn't meant for it to work. After figuring out the logic, it was painfully simple. But not understanding it at first, drove me nuts. The washer motor on it just made it that much more challenging, but that ended up being simple as well. I can't even count how many vintage Chevy owners I've helped figure theirs out! That wiper link with the square hole in it looks strangely like a Muncie shifter linkage arm.
Thanks Johnnie,
You are right, that does look like a Muncie shift lever. Yeah these wiper motors seem simple until you try and modify them and need to figure out how they work but once you do it turns out to be pretty simple like you mentioned. Getting to that aha moment can be frustrating. Good to hear you are sharing your knowledge.
I knew there was a way to do this at a forth or less the cost they were asking
Terrific video!!!!! Good job
Thank you
@@vandettabuilds6641
Thank you,
Finding the right motor took some time and it is plenty strong enough.
Really enjoyed this video Mark! Lots of small moves to get things to work.
I’ll be using the original vacuum wiper system on Pops. He won’t see much rain, so it’ll be fine.
Thanks again for these great videos.
Thanks Robert, you get a lot more rain than we do but I am sure you will only be taking Pops out on nice days.
Very nice mod, engineering this stuff always takes time but you did a great job and for people like me that have more time than money that's ok. Thanks.
Thanks. Not everyone has the budget to just order kits for everything plus if you source all the parts yourself and something goes out or breaks you know right where to get new ones instead of paying inflated replacement parts prices.
I sure hope i get to see ruby at a show somewhere sometime all the little things are going to make it one awesome car nice work mark
Thanks Brittney. I am want to take to shows on the west coast for sure but if Ruby shows well maybe we can venture farther east.
Are you still interested in the dash off the donor car? I don't need anything off of it after all.
Great engineering Mark. One little problem at a time. You could pop your design off to send cut send and sell the suckers. That kind of sounds like work. I'm finally priming my steering wheel this morning before it gets too hot. Thank you for your time.
Thanks. If I was younger and more hungry I just might have manufactured all my ideas and sold them but I am happy to just help others save money on their own builds. Send cut send is an awesome service and really economical.
Good to hear you are making progress on the steering components.
@@FoothillPaintandFabrication I just finished priming the wheel. I agree with you. I'm too lazy to sell the stuff I already have let alone make more stuff to sell. I need to make a mount to hold my steering quickener in the column. It has about a 1/4" offset in the shafts so I need to offset the tubes. I'm going to try send cut send for the first time. I don't have a CAD program but I'm good at drafting. I guess you can just send them a well dimensioned drawing and maybe a cardboard template and they will do it for a very small fee.
@@lazyhoundracing9621 Fusion 360 is free to hobbyist like us.. I use it for the plasma table and it is not super hard to learn and there are a lot of tutorial videos. I have never used them but they have a You tube channel now and do some demos and talk about costs and stuff so you might want to check it out. I just watched this one the other day
th-cam.com/video/P5dLfsVDswM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=TMWSM-4t6aOsFxjX
@@FoothillPaintandFabrication Thanks I'll check it out. I did have one semester of Autocad in collage about 5 years ago but my free student program ran out.
@@lazyhoundracing9621 Hey if I can do it you can that is for sure. It is free and you renew your free status yearly. Here is the link: www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/personal
Awesome job!
Thanks Ralph, I appreciate that.
Great alternative to the high end wiper option choices! I might have to experiment with this in my 67 Camaro project. Pretty sure your OEM wiper motor is the same one my Camaro used.
(I recently ordered a power window motor to experiment with that over the winter. If I succeed, I’ll order 3 more!)
Thanks Charlie. GM used a lot of the same parts across all their lines to save time and money so chances are much of it will be the same or similar.
I don't recall what the Camaro window regulators look like but they should be similar to the ones in the GTO I converted to power. Let me know if you have any questions on that.
A very slick mod Mark. Makes me think I might try an electric conversion on the Buick.
Thanks Matt. You are still running vacuum wipers? Those things can be frustrating. They always seem to slow down when you need them the most and speed up when you are stopped.
@@FoothillPaintandFabrication There are electric conversions out there. They want around $300 bucks for them. This makes me think I can do it cheaper.
@@mattsteffee You can totally do it. Figuring what motor to use along with the switch is the hard part. Early model motor/switches used a floating ground to control the motor and speeds while newer motors switch the positive side like the one I used here. Newport Engineering wants $280 for your car I think but no intermittent feature.
Yep, that's the one I've seen as well. The interesting part will be adapting the motor shaft to the cable drive system.
@@mattsteffee The rectangular part on the shaft of the motor is all that meshes with the cable drum. Making a bracket to get the alignment and spacing will take a little doing. The motor I used is plenty powerful enough but bigger than the ones they use.