Thread: Meller's "Last" Hoorah - '62 Fairlane

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Good luck with that wiring plan, Em.

Thanks and hope you have a nice weekend, too. Weather here is going to be beautiful; sunny, clear and about 78F. Perfect for taking a nice long drive through some winding country roads, after I hit up the local car show for a while.

Does anyone remember the scene in "True Grit" when Rooster Cogburn and Lucky Ned Pepper's Gang met on opposite sides of a aspen medow? Well, such was the case with the wiper motor and me today. I swear I heard the motor say "that's aweful strong talk coming from a one eyed fat man?"

I got every thing installed except the female spade connections on the three wires laying on the floor under the dash so I can connect them to the switch and install it and the "see if it works?" Not that much left but I was wrung out from contorting and sweating. Probably around #6 in my list of the hardest things I've ever done - - - not technical just too many birthdays and wild parties. The humidity hasn't been too bad in the mornings so maybe I'll luck out in the morning and finish this "ONE WAY OR THE OTHER"

After this it's get the tranny serviced and the mount improved and then start Cruising.

Sounds like you knocked off early!

Or maybe I'm just being harsh on the "One eyed fat man"?

Just teasin' Em.... Any progress is good progress right?!?

Reading this as I just finished the last of the staining on the front of the house, temperature just hit 97F and humidity is high, I'm soaking wet with perspiration, and bone tired from toting the 28' ladder around and contorting my old body to get to the inside peak of the porch. Reeeeeaaaaly hard to feel much sympathy right now Em..... Temptation is to say "Get your butt......" but I'll be nice and respect my elders (not by much, but every little bit counts!!) Wouldn't want to be the cause of a Texas heat stroke. Tomorrows another day!! Carpe Diem!!

Originally Posted by rspears

Carpe Diem!!

down here in Tejas we just say "Gap Open" (Rodeo term) but it means the same. Humidity is our worst PITA down here by the Gulf of Mexico - - - I don't think it got above 94 today but the temp doesn't seem to be "the" factor does it? I'll get her finished in the morning and I just hope it works as planned.

NAS Corpus Christi back in '68 to '72, and I remember the humidity...

I think if I had to live in Texas during summer I'd sleep all day and come out at night. Is the humidity and temp any better at night or just more bugs?

Corpus Christi !!!!! When the plant I was working at was closing that's one of the cities they offered me to transfer to. Went there and couldn't wait to get back to the Midwest. It was early retirement for me.

Em!! You're burnin' daylight, buddy!! Get that switch hooked up, it might rain later......... NOT!!

Maux Nix, Monsewer, I was out there at first light and I wish I'd stayed in bed !

Hooked the switch up according to my friend's diagram, turned it on and the wipers ran just long enuff to stop (park) in the middle of the windshield - - - - hopefully just incorrect wiring on the switch but for now I'm trying to talk myself outa setting the whole %$^@%# car on fire. If you don't see smoke or hear sirens then I might have opted for "hari kari" instead. JK JK JK JK

"now where was that place that had those killer hot wings I liked so much?"

P.S. Nick, when the humidity starts taking your breath away, it's usually 24/7 but sometimes the wind direction will change at night and early in the morning and that helps but we predominately have a SE breeze and that's coming straight of the salt water a couple hours away. I have taken a shower and stepped out into a room that was air conditioned and started sweating before I could dry off completely. (go figure?)

If they parked in the middle of the windshield, maybe they are on the splines in the wrong place-----I suggest while they are parked there to remove them from the splines and reposition the wiper blades


And if you truly mean that they ran just long enough to park---then probably you powered the park wire -------

Thanks Jerry, I had wondered if moving their position was a possibility and you are probably right on with the power in the wrong terminal - - - thanks a lot, I'll let you know what happens

A suggestion---I'd forget the switch for now and verify that the motor/transmission works----Without the wiper arms on the shaft confirm that the motor runs continuously with the one feed and with the other feed it just goes to a park position and stops-------then you can install the arms in that position----

And maybe get a new switch

I think Jerry has the right of it. Little steps at this point; too close to go jumping off the edge.

Hang in there, get a small portable fan and aim it at your head while working in there! It might help. Jerry's advice seems the way to go here. Wish I'd said it first!