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

[Don Shillady]

Another bit of trivia from the garage of Don Shillady. Today is the first day of Spring and it was 76 F in my garage so I had to do something but I am just counting on the group here to keep me going. The title of today's lesson is "You Can't Be Wrong All the Time" Last summer I carved out my '29 roadster oak front bow so that my windshield wiper would park in a hidden position going on a vague assumption from a conversation with a guy at the Brookville plant that the Speedway "chrome wiper motor" Speedway Part 911-23502 would "probably park to the left". You can see in the picture that if it parked to the right I probably would have to start over with a new bow. Well I went ahead and varnished it and even put the mounting bolts in with epoxy so it will be hard to replace the bow. Over the winter I kept wondering if I had guessed right. Then when I checked the wiper with the battery in I could not get it to turn off. I know this is trivial stuff for you guys but any little progress is helpful here. Anyway the problem was in a three way switch that really only needs to be on/off and when I messed with it today IT WORKS! It also parks easily to the LEFT so my deep carve out hides the wiper when not in use. For what it is worth to others, the Speedway 911-23052 definitely parks to the LEFT. Now I have weakened the front bow but with a chopped top the wiper would obscure some vision if it were not parked in the carved out groove in the bow. Whew, you can't be wrong all the time!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/Teen Rodder

[Don Shillady]

Here is a picture showing that the wiper blade and the wiper shaft are almost totally hidden when it is parked to the left in the carved out part of the oak bow.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

[randyr]

Here is a picture showing that the wiper blade and the wiper shaft are almost totally hidden when it is parked to the left in the carved out part of the oak bow.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Clever idea, Don!! Congrats!!! I could use a few of those "can't be wrong all the time" moments!!!

[IC2]

Don - not too different then what I did though with the '30-'31 I didn't have to carve quite as much header away. I originally had a black Speedway when my $$ Mighty Wiper went up in smoke and while it worked just fine, really wanted the much smaller Mighty there. I ended up doing a full disassembly and repair to fix a stop and a broken wire. This is how I mounted mine, using a Speedway manual mount adapted to the electric wiper.


Doing the rewire:



I'll have to find the header photos or take new, but it really is about the same and there is a post somewhere here that "tells" more

[IC2]

I did another transmission oil pan change - back to the nice cast aluminum version I had on it. The tin one that I put on to attempt to stop an earlier oil leak - within the month started leaking, and lots. Every bolt hole was distorted by up to 1/8" - and the bolts never had more then 12 lb ft of torque (spec is 12-16). The cork gasket was allowing ATF by and it was easy to see where. As I said in another thread, I was waiting on new bolts - flanged, as well as some sealing washers as the original bolts supplied were common grade 2, found anywhere. I HOPE this is the last time, but history with this transmission says not a chance.

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