[DeTomaso] Wiper System Upgrade?

[Jeff Kimball]

As far as I recall, the Pantera wiper motor is nearly or maybe completely identical to a late model Triumph (TR5/250 or 6) wiper motor and some of the rest of the systems seem the same too.

Moss motors lists just the TR motor for a pretty reasonable price. 

https://mossmotors.com/wiper-motor-new?assoc=33208

It might be worth laying them side by side and see what all is different.

FYI

Jeff 2467 and TR2 TS2651L who's wipers, with a little TLC, lasted many many decades in the wet North West. 






> On September 2, 2018 at 9:20 AM Roland <willibillie at live.de> wrote:
> 
> 
> I took me aout 10 ours to make my wipers work like in a modern car. 
> Cleaning everthings is the first step. Then i found, that the pipes are 
> squeezed while plumping the flares on the ends. I drilled the ends out a 
> bit, that the cable can easily slide thrue the pipes. With a new motor 
> and new wiper gears it did the trick. Then i added an adjusable 
> intermediate switch and now i have full funktual wipers. On our tour in 
> France i could test it very good.
> 
> Roland
> 
> 
> Am 02.09.2018 um 17:41 schrieb Charles Engles:
> > Dear Charlie,
> >
> >
> >                 You wrote:   " Still absolutely hate driving in the rain if
> > there's standing wáter due to
> > the lack of feeling and sensation that I'm going to aquaplane at any second,
> > but at least I can see the tree that I'm about to hit?"
> >
> >                  Ah, spoken like a true Pantera driver in real world
> > conditions.  I recall the Texas 1000 Road Rally in 1998 (?) when there was a
> > near historic amount of rain.  I distinctly remember the very bad feeling of
> > driving the Pantera with worn rear tires on rainy Texas asphalt  crowned
> > roads.   It had the singularly unsettling sensation of driving on ice.  On
> > the other hand at a different time and with different tires......I can
> > recall driving at speed on the interstate during thunderstorm downpour  with
> > the Pirelli P7s and having good grip and a big surprise of no hydroplaning,
> > although I cannot explain that.
> >
> >
> >                                    Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf
> > Of Charles McCall
> > Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2018 12:11 AM
> > To: 'Julian Kift'; detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Wiper System Upgrade?
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > *****Rain-X.
> >
> > Joking aside, my wipers work reasonably well, and combined with regular
> > applications of Rain-X I think that I can see reasonably well in the rain.
> > Still absolutely hate driving in the rain if there's standing wáter due to
> > the lack of feeling and sensation that I'm going to aquaplane at any second,
> > but at least I can see the tree that I'm about to hit?
> >
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