Wiper control Cable

[JohnC]

Good morning all. When I got the car, the wiper control cable was disconnected from the wiper motor. I now have a new switch with a new cable attached to it but I can't find any info on how it gets attached to the wiper motor. The cable just has a little nub on the end. Any photos or drawing will be much appreicated .

Thanks

[Barry Wolk]

It fits into the sliding rubber valve. That?s what controls everything.

[JohnC]

Good Morning all,

26870 This is a pic of my wiper motor with the original cable on it. It looks attached but it was just laying on top.

26871 Here is a pic of the top of my wiper motor. I can see how the cable lays in there and clamps down with that screw. Is there anything missing on it?

26873 Here is how I set my cable in there. I don't think it's right. When I turn the knob on the wiper control to the right, there is a lot of pressure on it and it wants to spring back, like it's binds up on something.

Thanks

[Barry Wolk]

Does the rubber valve section move? You may have to take it apart to free it up. The big black part has to move too, I believe.

[JohnC]

Yes...the big black part moves back and forth and also the part that it is connected too (is that the rubber valve section you are referring too). I'm wondering if the cable is seated right?

[Barry Wolk]

I'll take a photo of mine today.

[Barry Wolk]

The dark car is my '56 and the light car is a '57. I believe they are the same. I have a movie of the spray coordinator, the black thing, sliding left and right. If that's not sliding that could be your resistance. If you'll PM me an email address I can send you a video.

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[JohnC]

Hi,

i will Pm you my email to check out the video. I see that I am missing the rubber/plastic right on top there where the cable comes out.
Here is a repost of my pic 26908

Also, the grommet you have that the cable is coming through the firewall gives a little space for some play in the cable which on mine the grommet is so tight around the cable that I have to make a very severe bend in the cable to make it from the firewall to where the cable gets sinched down. I think it is getting pinched there too and the cable may be hitting the big black part too causing a little binding up there too.

Thanks Barry

[Barry Wolk]

Take a drill bit and put it in the grommet on the angle and ream it out to relieve the stress on the cable.

Did you install Jack's vacuum line kit?

[JohnC]

Take a drill bit and put it in the grommet on the angle and ream it out to relieve the stress on the cable.

Did you install Jack's vacuum line kit?

I will ream out that grommet...yes, I installed the vacuum kit from Jack....i did the vacuum test on the manifold as you suggested and have 20+" at the manifold. Ran the tube from the manifold to the 'in' side on the booster, ran the tube from the 'out' side of the booster to a brand new windshield washer pump. and then all the other hoses includng removing the tubes on the frame and blowing those out. When I put the vacuum tester on the tube that would go to the washer pump, I get no reading. I haven't yet gone through the checklist you sent me but I will. This is the first car I've had with a vacuum systems so my learning curve is pretty big..lol

[Barry Wolk]

I found the instructions to the kit be lacking. I did follow the instructions on checking the frame vacuum tubes, and found not the washer fluid tube plugged, but the middle tube, the wash coordinator signal tube.

I add this vacuum tap to all the Mark IIs I work on. The reading for tuning the Mark II needs to be taken off the manifold tap, not the output side of the vacuum pump. I tap into the tube that feeds the vacuum pump on this '57 and on the distributor pipe on the '56, both manifold vacuum.

Cut a section out of the pipe to install a compression T and a barbed hose fitting.

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Installation on the '57. The the car started it ran smoothly, but was only drawing 16 inches of vacuum. The Pertronox instructions state that he timing could be off as much as 10 degrees, and it was, just by feel. kept fiddling with the idle adjustment screws and got it down to 500 rpm at 20 inches before the pump, a sign of a healthy engine. A test drive for pinging and the carb and timing adjustment is complete. You're shooting for the highest vacuum at the lowest rpm. Retard slightly if it pings.

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Installation on my '56.

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[Dick Speelman]

Barry

Can you tell me were I could get a replacement the Black Rubber item you are showing in this in this subject called "Wiper Control Cable" started on 7/28/2022 and your respondence on 8/1/2022, 11:45am.

Member Richard Speelman

[Barry Wolk]

Barry

Can you tell me were I could get a replacement the Black Rubber item you are showing in this in this subject called "Wiper Control Cable" started on 7/28/2022 and your respondence on 8/1/2022, 11:45am.

Member Richard Speelman

Link, or picture?