Installing a Windshield wiper on a 36 Dodge

[Guest Atari1977]

So I got a new windshield wiper for my Grandfather's Dodge from Restoration Supply Company. Now I just need to know how to install it:p. Is this everything I need, minus whatever is installed in the car? Pictures below.

Here I guess I just need to know how the arm hooks into the motor on the car and how the blade hooks onto the arm

IMGP2710 by Atari1977, on Flickr

And I need to know how this part should be configured.

IMGP2709 by Atari1977, on Flickr

Also regarding the motor, the old vacuum one is still in the car. You can hear it sucking, until you pull the switch, when the car starts sometimes. Is that normal or is it leaking?

Edited November 20, 2012 by Atari1977 (see edit history)

[JACK M]

This looks right. I have the same on my 36 although it has been several years since I put it together it sparks a memory. It sounds like you have a leak. You can take that header cover off after unscrewing the knobs and the vacumm motors are right there.

[1936 D2]

The hook on the arm first goes through the hole in the end of the vacuum motor shaft that comes through the top of the car and this wiper arm will then be pointing toward the outside of the windshield.

Then you take the cover part, grasp it on both sides, and push it fairly hard against the spring so that the little half round flipper on the underside is past the wiper motor shaft. You then push down on this cover and slowly release the pressure until the half round flipper drops into the groove around the motor shaft which is a bit closer to the body than where the hook on the arm went through the shaft.

This then clips the arm to the shaft and the arm is laying down onto the glass.

Then look at the blade. There is a hook on the top. Turn the blade upside down with the rubber up and parallel to the arm. Move the blade up toward the loose end of the arm and while slightly lifting the arm off the glass (don't lift too high - just enough for the blade to hook up and rotate underneath), fit the hook into the slot on the end of the arm. Flip or rotate the blade back around the end of the arm with the hook still in the slot on the end of the arm and you will end up with the rubber blade down toward the glass. The spring pressure in the arm will hold the rubber blade to the glass.

During this blade hook up be sure not to raise the arm too much and detach the half round flipper from the shaft or you will need to start over (once you find all the parts!).

Here are a few closeups of the above parts...

Edited November 22, 2012 by 1936 D2
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[Guest Atari1977]

The hook on the arm first goes through the hole in the end of the vacuum motor shaft that comes through the top of the car and this wiper arm will then be pointing toward the outside of the windshield.

Then you take the cover part, grasp it on both sides, and push it fairly hard against the spring so that the little half round flipper on the underside is past the wiper motor shaft. You then push down on this cover and slowly release the pressure until the half round flipper drops into the groove around the motor shaft which is a bit closer to the body than where the hook on the arm went through the shaft.

This then clips the arm to the shaft and the arm is laying down onto the glass.

Then look at the blade. There is a hook on the top. Turn the blade upside down with the rubber up and parallel to the arm. Move the blade up toward the loose end of the arm and while slightly lifting the arm off the glass (don't lift too high - just enough for the blade to hook up and rotate underneath), fit the hook into the slot on the end of the arm. Flip or rotate the blade back around the end of the arm with the hook still in the slot on the end of the arm and you will end up with the rubber blade down toward the glass. The spring pressure in the arm will hold the rubber blade to the glass.

During this blade hook up be sure not to raise the arm too much and detach the half round flipper from the shaft or you will need to start over (once you find all the parts!).

I will try to get some photos soon.

Thank you, some pictures would definitely help!

[1936 D2]

See post #3 for added photos.

See this link for short video on process. http://s1014.beta.photobucket.com/user/ArtNels2/library/1936%20Dodge%20wiper%20arm%20and%20blade%20attachment%20process

Edited November 22, 2012 by 1936 D2
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[Guest 1930]

See post #3 for added photos.

See this link for short video on process. 1936 Dodge wiper arm and blade attachment process Photos by ArtNels2 | Photobucket

I think someone needs to hire a new director and camera man

Kidding, nice that you are able to make a video like that

[Guest Atari1977]

Thanks for the pictures and video, they 'll help alot. The only problem is I think the post that it hooks into is missing on my Grandfather's Dodge. The port is there, so I'll just have to get a replacement.

[1936 D2]

"1930": Yea. It's always fun to do with the camera in one hand and the "action" in the other! :eek:

"Atari1977": I was really wondering what was causing the problem catching on to this process. I should probably have asked for a photo of ALL the parts you were working with. Then it would have been apparent. I am going to guess that with the shaft of the motor missing THAT is where the sucking sound is coming from! If you don't have the shaft in your possession someplace (glove box maybe?), then you are going to need a new Trico wiper motor. They will be a "KSB-333" or a KSB-334" I don't remember which is for the driver's side. (Please ignore the manifold drain also in the photo. It is not part of the wiper system.)

Edited November 22, 2012 by 1936 D2 (see edit history)

[Guest Atari1977]

I'm going up to see my Grandfather today so I'll see if I can get some pictures. But from what I remember there was something in the port, kinda looked like the flash sync port on an old film camera, like in this picture to the right of the lens. Also the on-off lever right above the driver's side is still there so I assumed the motor was still intact, I don't think it'd be taken out but I'll just have to see there.

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Edited November 22, 2012 by Atari1977 (see edit history)