Guest Posted January 17, 2002 Share Posted January 17, 2002 i have just discovered why my wipers do not work properly and why my car is starting to smoke a little. i thought maybe it was rebuld time but low and behold i found out that the vacume assist pump works with my oil pump in my 58 66r. i was told to plug off the hose to the wipers and the smoke will go away which it did and i am back to my great sounding engine.<BR>my question is this. what other problems will i have doing this, other than my wipers? will this effect the way it runs in any way.<BR>it will be awhile before i can replace it do to the fact that it seems these are not rebuildable (without re-machining them)and my reseach for a replacement is not going very well. from my understanding only 58 buicks had the vacume assist working off the oil pump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Guy Posted January 17, 2002 Share Posted January 17, 2002 The 57 had the same vacuum pump ,and plugging the line just slowed your wipers. If you need the wipers,you can replace the vacuum unit with the elecric wiper motor from a 57 Chev ( it is a bolt in) and be back in business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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