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VINTAGEPIC: saw this Panel on the FB

SURVIVOR: saw these two fixer uppers south side of Amarillo...there was an old power pole on the ground to stand on to take pictures over the fence, but not for the last frame

VINTAGEPIC: saw this Dodge on the FB

VINTAGEPIC: saw this Dodge on the FB

Originally, a demonstration was shown a few years ago... But pb must've zapped it...so Merle's demonstration got moved to a more secure location

I did some work on the Autolite EWH-4001 wiper motor awhile back, but had to put that on the backburner until I had some spare time to put together a complete article. In the meantime, I dug up my notes to see if there were any revelations that could be helpful. This wiper motor is considered a shunt DC motor, read up on that topic on the internets for some fancy splainin as to what is going on there, it's interesting material. The shop manual schematic only shows the wiring from the wiper motor assembly to the wiper switch. I sketched up what the wiper motor assembly wiring looks like; this may or may not help with diagnosing problems. The wiper switch itself has a 8-amp circuit breaker, that's the contact contraption on the back side of the switch. I had a switch with very dirty circuit breaker contacts, so I cleaned them like breaker points on a voltage regulator, and that helped, but not entirely, so I switched to another similar switch that was in better shape and that kinda fixed some functionality problems with the 1st wiper motor I was rejuvenating. That's about where my work needs to pick back up.

Agreed, the heater wiring is very simple: voltage source (usually key:ON) to fan speed control switch to fan motor ?

From the pictures posted, this wiper motor appears to have newer conductors, but that grease residue on the gearbox cover looks original, so as mentioned, that old grease may have hardened and jammed the gears up and will need cleaning out thoroughly for replacement grease. The contact switch does not appear to have been touched, so the internal contacts may be dirty and impeding current. Those switches are made like the headlight switch so that the metal tabs can be bent a li'l bit to free the internals for rejuvenation. On the Pilot-House trucks, removing the wiper motor requires standing on one's head to remove the 2 small retainer clips that hold the wiper arms to the wiper motor cranks, then removing that slotted screw at the base of the motor housing that grounds the motor to the dash brace. With the wiper switch loose from the dash, 2 big Phillips head screws hold the wiper gearbox to the dash, so that the wiper motor assembly can be lowered from behind the dash. The pictures shown appear to be of a similar installation, so if ya can stand on yer head again, that wiper motor can be withdrawn for rejuvenation

More than likely, Dodge transitioned to spot welding sheet metal seams because once the welder is dialed in, spot welding goes very fast and makes for a strong sheet metal weld joint. So as long as your repair welds are of good quality and not of excessive length to cause warping, then the new weld joint should be OK

Maybe that's the inspiration for one of them fancy service stations where a big ol' plane doubled as a canopy and an attention getter VINTAGEPIC: saw these late 50s Dodges on the FB

My spare time recently has been spent doing mundane, tedious things, such as getting my new laptop straightened out that ate up HOURS over the last few weeks, blahblahblah I had to send the thing in so they could replace the touchscreen and iVOILA! problem solved. I was hoping to migrate the info on my 15yr old laptop onto the new one while the weather was nasty, but instead clocked waaaay too many hours with tech.support. Fixing one elderly neighbor's blender, then another elderly neighbor's water leak, taking care of another elderly neighbor's cattle, helping a lady friend sell the house that she was awarded in a nasty divorce settlement, and then, just like that, winter took a hiatus at the end of January and I'm on to the springtime chores for my place and the elderly neighbors...tree trimming, cleaning out flowerbeds, cleaning out barns, fun stuff. Now I have 2 utility trailers sitting in front of the house that need some welding, repainting, rewiring, and wheel bearings repacked. And the guy that Dad hired to tear down the old house on some property up the road in exchange for the materials has vanished, with the job half done, so I wonder who's gonna get asked to clean up that mess The county declared a state of emergency this week in preparation for the solar eclipse on April 8, and with the specter of the countryside being overrun with thoughtless tourists, I have a bad feeling that I'm gonna have to tackle that old house sooner than later cuz somebody might wander past the NO TRESPASSING signs on the property and have that old shack fall on their heads and try to sue the bejeezus out of us...yay

SURVIVOR: saw this Dodge north of Electra