On my 1955 ford the vacume motor for the wipers does not work where can I get a rebuild kit for it. The motor is the one under the dash thanks.

Get an electric wiper conversion kit .You will be glad you did.Check any parts supplier Macs,CASCO, Larrys Mustang and Thunderbird among others. 

55Birdman  Hickory NC

It is possible to rebuild the wiper motor. It can be exchanged also thru various suppliers in Hemmings.

It will work adequately but is difficult to measure up to today's standards, like most old stuff.

BTW it is just a simple pump with leather seals, I have reworked them myself successfully with disassembly and a little grease.

       A  L  A  N   F  R  A  K  E  S   ~  Tulsa, OK    

)you mean use the same seals but just put a little grease where they ride in the motor? and how do you ever remove the motor thanks

i finally got it out with some difficulty a few of the screws that hold it together are hard to get with a wrench how are you supposed to remove them thanks

Tim,



Re-builders have the special tool for easy screw removal. It CAN be done with needle-nose pliers, but not easily. If your car is still 6 volts by the way, you can forget about electric wipers.

I rebuilt my vacuum motor OK by cobbling together parts/gaskets from several others, and using up the entire local supply of silicone distributor grease. Never again!

Just bite the bullet, cough up the $75 and get a rebuilt one from someone (Ficken?) who has all the NOS parts/tools, as not all cores can be rebuilt successfully, and many times the plastic parts are shot. Vacuum wipers also have the advantage of variable speed control.

6 VOLTS/POS. GRD. NW INDIANA

Find a small piece of copper or steel tubing that just fits over the head of the special screws. Then crimp the sides in to fit the flat spots. That should do the trick. Chuck in NH

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Manchester, New Hampshire

I got it apart thanks to your help so how much grease should i put in there and what kind regular lube grease?

Vaseline would probably work.

       A  L  A  N   F  R  A  K  E  S   ~  Tulsa, OK    

As for electric conversions, the jury is out on them. Mine from Vintique failed twice & I've heard of problems with some others. It's been suggested that some units are originally designed as Boat wipers & often as single wiper units. So using them with double wipers, results in overloading.. Buyer beware!

Paul