62 Comet engine swap. Got a question

We are doing a engine swap in my sons 62 Comet. We are replacing the exististing 144 with a 170 from a 67 Falcon. My problem is we needed to use the fuel pump from the 62 engine since it has the vac*** setup for the wipers. On the base of the carb thier is only 1 vac*** port. On the 170 it is used for the PCV, on the 144 it was for the wipers. Basically I am short 1 Vac port. I could T off it but I dont think it would be enough to operate the wipers. Or, at each end of the intake is a freeze plug. I could pop one out and drill it for Vac fitting Vac and hook up the PCV to that.Or I could find a meaty part of the intake and tap it for a fitting. Any ideas? Thanks, Todd

 

The guys at Melvin's Cl***ic Ford Parts have a electric wiper conversion kit for the 60-62 Falcon, call them to check fitment on your Comet. They are in Conyers GA., 770-761-6800. This kit would be a great saftey upgrade anyway, if you have ever driven anything with vac. wipers you know what I mean.

 

Go with the electric kit and keep the later fuel pump. I've driven many an early Falcon/Comet and the vac wipers just ****.

 

Yea, I thought of the electric conversion but the best price I have found is $210.Just not in the budget right now. The vac wipers did work pretty well.

 

In addition to tapping into a meaty part f the manifold for a vac fitting, you might want to consider adding a vacuum reservoir to stabilize the wiper operation.....a lot of things could be used for that. Any small tank with curved walls would work (need a check valve, though). A trip to your local salvage yard could easily yield one. any number of cars, even with electric wipers, used them because, I think, a lot of the A/C & htr controls were vacuum operated and the reservoirs prevented them from changing position with changes in throttle.

Ray