[DeTomaso] Wiper System Upgrade?

[Effie Richards]

Sounds like an amazing event, please post photos. Have a wonderful time!

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> On Sep 2, 2018, at 9:44 AM, Mike & Elizabeth Thomas <mbefthomas at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Julian, looking forward to having you join us.  Remember to bring the Rain-X
> as well, we all live by it up here.
> 
> All y'all.  We have 35 people and 14 Panteras signed up for this years'
> Panteras Northwest Fall Cruise, so expect a Profiles article going to Mike
> Haney not long after we get home.  We head out Friday, Sept 7 for a 3 hour
> cruise to Ocean Park, WA where the Beach Barons car club hosts the Rod Run
> to the End of the World on a 27 acre plot owned by the club.  Well over
> 1,000 cars show up every year and you have to book your room to stay locally
> about a year in advance.  The show is Saturday and Sunday, after which we'll
> decamp and head for a night in Vancouver, WA to visit a chapter member's
> collection on Monday morning then enjoy a drive over the Cascade mts around
> Mt. Rainier on the way home.
> 
> We have two couples coming all the way down from Calgary, Alberta as well as
> Julian and his wife from Reno.  Should be epic.
> 
> Mike Thomas
> Pres., Panteras Northwest
> 206-795-3302
> Yellow '74 #6328
> www.panterasnorthwest.com
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> On Behalf Of
> Julian Kift
> Sent: Saturday, September 1, 2018 7:01 PM
> To: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Wiper System Upgrade?
> 
> I'm going on the PNW Fall Cruise this coming week and having lived in Reno
> with the GT5 for 11 years I have never had call to have a functional
> windshield wiper system. In Monterey a week ago the morning fog was a
> nuisance, just enough to wet the windshield, not enough to run off. That is
> exactly what I imagine I might be up against on the Pacific Northwest coast,
> light rain or drizzle, so this afternoon I buckled down to getting the wiper
> system working more for a safety factor (and to pacify my wife who is coming
> along).
> 
> 
> 
> Of course turning the wiper switch on led to a dismal nothing, but what else
> was I to expect after such time. I checked and there was power at the wiper
> motor junction block, this is great news, as I hate tracking wiring problems
> and I don't have a lot of time before hitting the road Thursday! I removed
> the motor and dismantled it to find the armature winding completely rusted
> to the magnets. I half expected to have to go dig out the motor from my '74
> which in itself has been actually sitting unused longer than I've had the
> GT5, albeit on jack stands in a garage. I once questioned how Mike Drew
> could have let his car sit for 17 years, and here I am finding it is quite
> easy!
> 
> 
> 
> So I started cleaning everything up, the brush springs were so rusted they
> disintegrated upon touch, one dismantled pen spring later and they are all
> good again. Reassembly with all new marine grease and I silicone sealed the
> motor housing as I don't have an under fender splash guard for protection.
> To my surprise the motor works, that is as well as any old Lucas 14W motor,
> it has the 2 speeds stuttering (maybe this is what they called intermittent
> wipers in the day!) and lethargic, I tell myself it will be better when
> there's water on the windshield!
> 
> 
> 
> So I'm as good as I'll get for this trip, we have wipers, the wife will be
> happy.... but I got to thinking I haven't seen any discussion on a modern
> alternative to the Lucas system, has anyone retrofitted something that
> doesn't involve hacking up the grill and trunk? Or is a new Lucas 14W as
> good as it gets?
> 
> 
> Julian
> 
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