Interesting wipers function

[hard top]

Bought mine from a wind surfing instructor down at the beach here, as he went Toyota.
He had had it sprayed BMW Dark Red and added truck seats that were great and so was the heater.
The wipers were electric and you could operate one or both with their own switches and the head light switch was a foot pushed switch on the floor next to the accelerator pedal.
I could not lock the rear door so always had to reverse park up against something but people did try to steal it a couple of times, but back in the 1980's, they did not understand the starter button.
You could start the darn thing with a bent nail...!!
Oh, and I always had a couple of liters of oil and a lump hammer with me for the starter motor.

 

[oldcarman]

Even plugged into a block heater it was a hit and miss if it would start in anything below freezing. My wife was prego with my oldest and the ride was killing her so bought a new GMC van in 74. But only got it stuck once and pulled lots of cars and trucks out with it. It was a point and go, didn't matter if snow, water or trees it went through. JIM

 

[zedonist]

BMG Is The guy for operating a one hand knob........

Merry Xmas........

Yes the zed dies halve an intermittent wipe function.........

 

[oldcarman]

BMG Is The guy for operating a one hand knob........

Merry Xmas........

Yes the zed dies halve an intermittent wipe function.........

You're lucky it's Christmas or Dad may have given you a time out!! lol JIM

 

[vintage42]

Fords had vacuum wipers - they stopped under full throttle, and went ape on idle...

I don't remember my vacuum wipers varying with rpm. When climbing a hill they would almost stop, and when coasting down the hill at the same rpm as when climbing, they would go fast.

 

[motco]

Exactly vintage42. I did say full throttle, not high revs - it collapses the manifold vacuum. On idle or a trailing throttle pulls a high vacuum so the wipers go fast. Engine revs are independent of vacuum except inasmuch as open throttle off load leads to high revs and vice versa

Your observation is correct because climbing hills demands open throttle, and descending on a closed throttle pulls a vacuum against a resistance.

 

[t-tony]

Which is why your brakes are more efficient when your foot is off the throttle on overrun.

Tony.

 

[oldcarman]

My 57 chev has vacuum and my son's 55 Pontiac has electric one speed. It was dependant on what brand, model, etc and of course which engines were hooked up. Glad we don't need to worry about that any more. Vacuum made for a lot of excitement while crossing the Rockies years ago. On off on off oh oh! We're going over! Nope made the curve!! Have a great dinner folks! JIM

 

[Dobiwallah]

I noticed this too last year. This year I found out that my side mirrors and wiper sprayers are heated to. Not that we need it here, but nice to know. Btw, mine Zed is imported from Japan...

 

[bonzo]

Can't remember which of my early cars, possibly `53 Minx, but if you stopped at traffic lights in the rain you had to rev hard to see lights change to green! Happy Days.

I thought it was the other way around, that they slowed right down when accelerating.

 

[jonco]

I thought it was the other way around, that they slowed right down when accelerating.

I recall it did have mind of its' own.............

 

[motco]

Crankshaft driven wipers as fitted to (among others) Vauxhalls will speed up if you rev the engine; vacuum ones behave in the opposite way.

 

[oldcarman]

Crankshaft driven wipers as fitted to (among others) Vauxhalls will speed up if you rev the engine; vacuum ones behave in the opposite way.

Don't think I've ever driven a crankshaft driven wipe red car but makes sense. Weren't a lot of English vehicles around as I was growing up. Mostly MG Truimph Austin.

 

[motco]

Oldcarman, a friend of mine had a Vauxhall Cresta and that had these engine driven wipers.

Just like this. ^

 

[oldcarman]

A system that ran off crank speed would eliminate the need for intermittent wipers but must have been interesting engineering. We never saw that model, I don't believe in Canada at the time. An interesting concept for sure. In those days there was a glut of oil and gas and American and Canadian's alike wanted big engines not economy and therefore dealers were reluctant to big European cars over seas due to high import taxing of the day. Now with Free Trade Agreements things are a little different. I'd like to see a system working, would be interesting for sure. JIM

 

[motco]

The only reference(s) I have been able to find is in Wikipedia and a near identical text here: http://vauxpedianet.uk2sitebuilder.com/vauxhall-e---wyvern-velox-cresta

I note that the drive was taken from the camshaft rather than direct from the crankshaft - same effect though.

 

[David Cullen]

noticed that with mine a good while back, was nicely surprised by the function

 

[Fender2004]

Yep, I got that in my tractor too. Very handy.

Must be a top of the range tractor

 

[t-tony]

Must be a top of the range tractor

It's a poor mans Porsche Cayenne, but quite nice all the same.

Tony.