Hello everyone, I am building a 36' Ford 5 window coupe and am looking for electric windshield wipers where I will have 2 wiper blades and the motor or motors synched on one switch. With all the new technology out, I came across MANY dual windshield wiper kits for the popular off road "UTV's" and was wondering if anyone has tried these? My concern is that I still want to be able to fold the windshield out once in a while without breaking the shaft off the motor etc. These new "Kits" are everywhere and very affordable, some even come with windshield washer bottles. Ideas?
I don't have an opening windscreen but I was very pleased with the Newport wipers I installed on my 41 Ford PU. Quiet, park feature, intermittent control, great install instructions (in English) and a cool drill guide that if you you return it when you are done, they will send you a free t-shirt.
Some of the British cars like MG used a "remote" mounted wiper motor to drive the windshield wipers. I think someone on this site mounted the wiper motor in the under the dash and ran a drive cable up the A post to the wiper posts. Some of the UTV stuff like heaters looks interesting.
Specialty has a cable driven set up. Motor on the right under dash. Windshield should fold out some. Maybe not as far as stock. Done them on tri 5 Chevy.
Jaguars also used cable drives, many were adapted to cowl and overhead conversions as the motor could be located in a serviceable [Hidden] area.
Specialty cable wipers work; put a set in a '33 Tudor and a '54 Bel Aire; another buddy put same set-up in his '60 Rambler wagon. The '33 wipers were over the windshield to permit opening & and the motor was inside the right cowl panel and the cable tube went up the A pillar.
Hello people, thank you very much for all of the responses so far. I’m still curious to see if anyone has tried the UT wipers that route all over the market? These kits have small wiper arms and blades motors that will run both sets at the same time, etc. If nobody’s tried them that’s OK maybe there’s a reason? I checked the speedway single wiper motor motors where you can turn them on separately and I’ve also checked the Newport ones that you guys are talking about here. Any other ideas would be welcome. Thank you again.
The Newport kit for a 36 Ford is $500. The kits he’s asking about are $38-$90. I’m sort of curious, too. Anyone tried them?
I don't know that I have seen the specific cheap wiper system that is being considered here, but I have seen several examples of what I suspect are the same basic system. offered at different times. I suspect the $38 kit is one of the electric motors with the wiper post protruding through it. Those mount into the car body and are held in place by the nuts that are threaded onto the motor housing. The wiper arms bolt onto the motor shaft. A kit consisted of the motor, the nuts to attach it to the car body, the wiper arm (and its attaching hardware), and the short wiper blade that attaches to the arm. Back in the old days, the wiper power switch was on the motor, but the modern versions may be remote switch operated, which could turn on (and off) both motors at the same time (that doesn't mean both wipers will move exactly together). The early versions did not have a park function, the blades quit moving as soon as the switch was shut off. The park function may have been added to the modern versions too. But you may want to look into the concept of if the park position may be adjustable towards either side if you are running two wipers. If the wiper motors only park in one position, one side may be incorrect for your application. At that price, they are cheap enough to throw away and replace them when they don't work. As long as you have access behind the wiper motors to install them, and don't anticipate using them often, they may be worth the purchase price. I would probably buy 3 motors. Two to install, and one to put on the shelf in case you need it on a short notice. Originally, those wiper motors were designed to work on the old WW2 Jeeps and were 6 volt units. They were upgraded with the option go to either the 6 volt units, or to the 12 volt units when 12 volts became popular. The system has always been designed to be cheap wipers. These days, the world has taken "cheap" to a whole other level of cheap, but you will have wipers that move across the windshield for as long as they last. The arms and the blades may, or may not, be tied to the specific company you originally bought the system from. You may want to be sure the arms and blades are generic and are easily available for the system you are considering. If you have to buy the arms and blades from just one company, that could be a huge problem in 2 years when you need new blades. I suspect the Newport wiper system is a unit designed for this specific need. It likely comes with a mechanical connection between the two wiper posts, much higher quality components, and common replacement wiper arms and blades. Your money, your choice.
I looked up dual UTV wiper kits and the dual kits that showed up all had two motors; so I don't believe they would be coordinated. Anyone have a link to something different?
Again, the Newport kit is very nice. Should be a bolt-in, and not made with cheapo stuff. Many years ago I used them for my 39 Chevy.
Nothing wrong with a single wiper; although my wife complains that it is unfair she doesn't have one. But hey.
Over here some of the cars had 30s cars had a single motor with a wiper, a second wiper just on a bearinged shaft the two connected with shaft on the wiper arms. So that when the powered wiper worked it pushed a and pulled the second wiper
That would work OK if the wiper posts are correctly located, other wise, one wiper may end up standing in the center of your vision field on the windshield when the wipers are off. Both wipers will be in the same position, in relation to each other, through the entire process. Wiper operation design has some unexpected occurrences that you are likely unaware of, if you have never done it before.
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