converting p15 to electric wipers

[Young Ed]

I picked up this setup out of a 46-48 Chrysler today. Side by side looks pretty close. Hard to measure as I'm not sure at what angles each sit at when parked and what angle they turn to when running. Really wish I had a section of P15 cowling to experiment with. Much easier than trying to do it in the car!

[Dan Hiebert]

The bodies between the four Chrysler products are pretty much exactly the same, particularly for hardware mountings and such. I.e. D24 Deluxe came with vacuum wipers (electric were optional), and D24 Custom came with electric, so it stands to reason electric and vacuum wiper set-ups were interchangeable. I'd have to get a sanity check here, but electric wipers may have been an option on P15s, too. In other words, that electric wiper set-up from the same model year Chrysler should bolt right in to your P15. You'll just have to figure out the wiring.

[falconvan]

Let me know how it goes, Ed. I bought that same set up off of Ebay for my 48 but havent got to that point yet.

[Young Ed]

Might be a while. I've got to test these to make sure they are good. It was quite the procedure to get them out of the Chrysler with the dual heaters and fresh air intake system. I have that same system on my plymouth. In the junkyard I had to pull the radio and cowl vent system all apart.

[BobT-47P15]

Ed, did you find any previous threads on wipers to review?

Seems like people have said it's not easy to do electric on

the P15. But I'm interested to see how it goes.

[Young Ed]

Ed, did you find any previous threads on wipers to review?

Seems like people have said it's not easy to do electric on

the P15. But I'm interested to see how it goes.

Yup I think there was some posts about it by Randroid. I dont remember seeing any where someone specifically attempted what I came up with.

[james curl]

I used an after market kit made for P-15s by NewPort Engineering. The installation was straight forward, bolted into the same place as the original and is two speed .

[40P10touring sedan]

I used an after market kit made for P-15s by NewPort Engineering. The installation was straight forward, bolted into the same place as the original and is two speed .

Well what fun is that? I'm in the process of fitting a vintique 40 ford wiper assy into my 40 ply...the bracket is way off but I have the measurements needed for making a new bracket...just have to make sure the whole thing clears the cowl vent door linkage. Hey, it was only $124 for it...I can fab a new bracket for a new 2 speed self parking system!

[Jim Benjaminson]

40 Dodge had electric wipers - 40 Plymouth didn't. But with the similarities in the bodies a swap from another Chrysler product shouldn't be all that hard. I located a 40 Dodge in a boneyard this summer but haven't gotten the wipers out of it yet to "know for sure"...

[hkestes41]

I wussed out like James and bought the Newport assembly. Had the vacumn wipers out the Newports in and driving in under two hours. I will leave the fabbin, fittin and cussin to the rest of you.

[BobT-47P15]

I wonder if the Newports will work on a P15 convertible......as the wiper

towers on the outside are different (tall, chrome) and the actual vacuum wiper motor is slightly smaller than the rest.

[eh dubya]

40 Dodge had electric wipers - 40 Plymouth didn't. But with the similarities in the bodies a swap from another Chrysler product shouldn't be all that hard. I located a 40 Dodge in a boneyard this summer but haven't gotten the wipers out of it yet to "know for sure"...

Down under Plymouths were electric, they were cowl mounted and used a Bosch motor similar to a VW beetle.

[Plymouthy Adams]

my P15 is two speed electric with intermittant control now...look close for the motor and mechanism...