'59 Edsel vaccme wiper motor coversion/options

These damn wipers.....sometimes they work and sometimes they don't.

I remember reading on someones post about converting to an elcetric system.

Any Ideas/advice/options????

thanks, TD

 

Edsels were *******S-
Just get 'em for a 59 ford (or if you have a FULLSIZE then a merc) from some repop place-
Concours maybe?

 

newport engineering makes an electric wiper kit for a `59 ford....maybe it is close enuf for an edsel

 

Concours...what.

is there anything else to the name???

 

I got the used electric unit outa my '59 Country Sedan if you need it.

 

You could add a 12V vacuum pump and cannister to the system so they don't stall on hills, etc.

 

Here's a link.

http://www.rjays.com/Newport/Newport-01.htm

Says they have a kit for a 59 Edsel.

 

Do you think it will fit my Edsel? It is basically a Fairlane with a different face....How much? got pics?

Lemme know...Thanks TD

 

If'n you got the same firewall as a Ford I reckon it'll work. I don't know, I was just responding to someone else saying to get one out of a Ferd. Mebbe on the weekend I could run out and snap a pic

 

You asked for options, well have you considered finding out what's wrong with the system you got and replacing it with a new or rebuilt part? I had a '58 Edsel with vacuum wipers and they worked just fine. You might have a bad valve on the fuel/vacuum pump, a bad vacuum canister, a bad wiper motor, or a leak in one of the lines between the parts. Believe me, your car worked just fine when it was new, and all of the parts can be made new again. I just hate to see people toss out a perfectly good system to replace it with a different system that can break too.

 

Depending on what carb yer running, If you have a power valve, get a bigger one. The sooner it opens, more fuel, more vacuum, more wipers.

Even Uphill

 

Well now that you mention it my wipers have no vac***e lines to the carb...weird huh...I was messing with it last night and I got them to work. I think it has something to do with the cable that goes from the knob/switch to the wiper motor. I can turn them on by pushing on the sliding lever that is on the wiper motor....I guess that the cable doesn't push hard enough.

I will post some pics this evening so you guys can see.

Thanks for the info/feedback

TD

 

if ya' figure out the cable thingy,let me know and i will search the garage.
may have a spare from a '59 ford wagon.
mine has 59 ford electric motor on it now with a switch,no cable,to operate it.

 

Lemme know if you do have it I'll take off your hands.

Thanks, TD

 

i'll look in the a.m.,(i am at work till 11 p.m. tonight).