Thank you for the offer! I took the wiper motor out while I was on christmas vacation and cleaned it thoroughly.It was a replacement (dated march 1967 on the inside) and ,once I got all the old,hardened grease cleaned out of it and the vent cleaned it worked  but slowly.It had what appeared to be felt seals on the sides of the rectangular "flapper" inside the housing.I made some out of an old felt hat and that seemed to cure the problem.The wipers now operate normally.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF SPARE WIPER MOTORS IF YOU NEED ONE OR WANT A SPARE. BOTH SEEM TO OPERATE SMOOTHLY. LET ME KNOW.

Of the people that I know did the brake fluid trick none disconnected or plugged the vacuum going to the wipers.  But i think it's a good idea.


54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

No one mentioned the heater. My Fairlane has a tee in the line under the dash one to the wiper motor and the other to the heater valve. Should you pull off the vacuum line to the heater valve and put a cap on it prior to the moving of the wipers or will it hurt the diaphrams? Thanks......JD

56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.

Thank you.I tried it with the switch off last night and it goes in either way.

As far as I know, none of the people that I know used this method had the switch in the on position.  Not to say its wrong, I don't think it makes any difference since you are sucking the fluid into the motor from a line  going directly into the motor.  If you find that it is not sucking the fluid into the motor with the switch off, then try it with it on.





54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

I had mine on when I did that.My assumption was that since I was pouring fluid into the vacumn line from the manifold to the wiper motor that it would allow the fluid to get into the motor .How was I wrong? Not being pissy here,just curious.

thanks Paul



I love the smell of burning rubber in the morning!

The switch does not have to be on when moving the wiper by hand to get the fluid into the wiper motor.





54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

Yes it should be on so that the fluid can get into the motor.