37 Ford build--IE: old Header issues thread /37 Ford/5.0/GT40P heads

[35fordcoupe]

I feel like we have spent most of the year playing with our wiper/sunroof motor problem. There just wasn't enough room for both. We didn't want to cut up the wiper kit only to still not be able to make it fit so we gave up and ordered a SPW kit then realized we would need to drill new holes anyway and we liked the New Port kit better. So we moved both holes one inch to the right, cut into the roof structure to fit the wiper motor, cut up the upper wiper linkage to clear the sunroof motor and welded up the first holes. Everything clears now except we still haven't gotten the sunroof to power. We have seen the gear turn out of the car so we know it will work it's all just being difficult. I blame the German wiring . We have done some other things here and there, but nothing that shows progress. We're hoping to wrap some things up for the winter. Then put in the insulation, window channels, windows, etc, etc. before getting it inspected this spring and driving it for a while before tearing it down for interior and paint. We aren't in a rush for interior and paint..maybe not even next year. I would rather just enjoy it for a while.

[randyr]

I feel like we have spent most of the year playing with our wiper/sunroof motor problem. There just wasn't enough room for both. We didn't want to cut up the wiper kit only to still not be able to make it fit so we gave up and ordered a SPW kit then realized we would need to drill new holes anyway and we liked the New Port kit better. So we moved both holes one inch to the right, cut into the roof structure to fit the wiper motor, cut up the upper wiper linkage to clear the sunroof motor and welded up the first holes. Everything clears now except we still haven't gotten the sunroof to power. We have seen the gear turn out of the car so we know it will work it's all just being difficult. I blame the German wiring . We have done some other things here and there, but nothing that shows progress. We're hoping to wrap some things up for the winter. Then put in the insulation, window channels, windows, etc, etc. before getting it inspected this spring and driving it for a while before tearing it down for interior and paint. We aren't in a rush for interior and paint..maybe not even next year. I would rather just enjoy it for a while.

What? What? It's hard to make any sense of this without pics!

Hey Robert, thanks for the update! I forgot you were putting a sunroof in there. I'm sure keeping the overhead wipers would be a challenge with that. Did you keep the crank-out windshield or seal it in? Did you consider moving the wipers down on the cowl? Just curious.

I still have the crank-out windshield on my 37 and installed the SPW wiper kit many years ago. I mounted the motor down in the kick panel and ran the cable up thru the roof pillar. It works great except I don't think the wiper studs were mounted at the correct angle with the windshield because the wipers would always fly out at highway speeds. I will correct that in this re-build.

Anyway, post up some pics if you get a chance. Would be great to see what you're doing....

[35fordcoupe]

Sorry, Randy I don't doubt it's hard to follow without pics. It's hard for me to follow We are keeping the windshield crank and cowl vent so running the wipers below wouldn't work too well. The holes for the New Port kit don't come out symetrical over the windshield. The passenger hole ends up just past the middle of the windshield which is right where the sunroof motor is. So moving everything over and a couple other slices took care of it.

I think we have it now, but it has just been one problem after another . Buying the SPW kit where the passenger side would have come out way further over and the motor down on the cowl would have worked much better. The New Port kit is a good kit for a stock application though. It comes with nice chrome escutcheons for the outside which make the angle the splines come out of the roof fool proof (I hope! we'll see if I have the highway problems). You could tell it was a kit designed for a 35/36 versus the SPW universal kit.

[randyr]

Sorry, Randy I don't doubt it's hard to follow without pics. It's hard for me to follow We are keeping the windshield crank and cowl vent so running the wipers below wouldn't work too well. The holes for the New Port kit don't come out symetrical over the windshield. The passenger hole ends up just past the middle of the windshield which is right where the sunroof motor is. So moving everything over and a couple other slices took care of it.

I think we have it now, but it has just been one problem after another . Buying the SPW kit where the passenger side would have come out way further over and the motor down on the cowl would have worked much better. The New Port kit is a good kit for a stock application though. It comes with nice chrome escutcheons for the outside which make the angle the splines come out of the roof fool proof (I hope! we'll see if I have the highway problems). You could tell it was a kit designed for a 35/36 versus the SPW universal kit.

I just looked up the New Port kit and it looks pretty sweet. I haven't heard of them before and don't think they were available when I bought my SPW kit. Like I said, I've always been please with the operation of the SPW except for the fly away wiper blades. I think I need some escutcheons with the proper angle so the splines are perpendicular to the windshield.

BTW I could make sense of what you wrote, I was just giving you crap about not posting pics because that's what I do to the others....

[34_40]

BTW I could make sense of what you wrote, I was just giving you crap about not posting pics because that's what I do to the others....

And I wasn't going to say a word about it!

[IC2]

Randy - we WANT pictures. We ALWAYS want pictures.

I'm even going to post a few of the engine compt. changes I've made over the past 3-4 weeks (the ones I alluded to a while back) to bore the troops, maybe even tomorrow

[randyr]

Randy - we WANT pictures. We ALWAYS want pictures.

I'm even going to post a few of the engine compt. changes I've made over the past 3-4 weeks (the ones I alluded to a while back) to bore the troops, maybe even tomorrow

Dave, I've been meaning to give you some crap about those pics, too, but you just gave it to yourself!! Look forward to "SEEING" what you did to it.