wipers

[johnny38]

hi all

need alittle help wipers stop working not sure way to start any ideas why not working and what i can look for 1938 dodge D8

[1936 D2]

Here is a site I ran across talking about how to freshen up the wiper motors. The motors shown are not exactly like yours but the principals are the same.

Vacuum Wiper Repair Page 2 (There are more pages to the article. Look right at the bottom under the photos for the next page's hot link.)

You also may want to replace the metal or rubber vacuum line(s) that supply the vacuum from the intake manifold up to the wiper motors. I'm not sure if the '38 was using some of the first "Dual Diaphragm Fuel Pumps" to augment the wiper motor vacuum or just using engine vacuum like on my '36. That is something you will have to find in your service manual, parts manual, etc. (Or wait for a '38 owner to reply).