aeon280
Well-Known Member
Thought i would do a brief write up on my wiper motor setup. I had a good core laying around for my 67 Coronet but couldn't see the point in spending upwards of $300 having it rebuilt for a restomod type ride. After doing some internet perusing I thought I could adapt a newer style Chrysler wiper motor.
What you need:
1st gen dakota wiper motor.
https://www.carparts.com/details/Do...yl9Aqco30W7EskPyWGcaAu7NEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
The link is to a new one but you are going to need to go to the junk yard for some other parts so you might get lucky and get one there.
From a junk yard 1st gen Dakota you will need the the wiper motor pigtail, wiper motor crank arm, the longer of the 2 wiper arms with bushings preferably and the firewall bracket or just mark the hole positions on a piece of cardboard for later use. All of this ran me $10 at the picknpull
Other internet items: This one you could probably make but for the money you can order this one. https://www.detroitmuscletechnologi...-wiper-motor-block-off-plate-stainless-steel/
The build.
I started by removing the driver side wiper arm from under the factory 67 setup. It turns out that the dakota arm and the factory b body arm are the same length. You will attach the Dakota arm to the wiper pivot with the bushing that has hole all the way through and then use the factory metal clip to lock it in place. The other end will connect to the motor with the standard pushon wiper bushings you can still pick up at the auto parts stores. No more fancy $35 2 or 3 spd bushings needed.
For the motor you will take the firewall bracket or cardboard with the pattern and transfer the holes to the metal plate. You want to keep the wholes on the center pivot to a tight tolerance as the rubber boot works to seal the hole from water intrusion. Here is a pic with it installed on the firewall. It takes up a whole bunch less place than the original motors.
As you can see the wiring is still temporary but I essentially have it wired the same as the factory wiring from the factory 67 2 speed switch. One issue I am having is that the switch continues to click when the key is on even when the switch is off. Perhaps I need some sort of resistor in place on one of the feeds but I do currently have high and low speed and the wipers park when the switch is turned off.
I used this as a reference for the motor wiring.
What you need:
1st gen dakota wiper motor.
https://www.carparts.com/details/Do...yl9Aqco30W7EskPyWGcaAu7NEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
The link is to a new one but you are going to need to go to the junk yard for some other parts so you might get lucky and get one there.
From a junk yard 1st gen Dakota you will need the the wiper motor pigtail, wiper motor crank arm, the longer of the 2 wiper arms with bushings preferably and the firewall bracket or just mark the hole positions on a piece of cardboard for later use. All of this ran me $10 at the picknpull
Other internet items: This one you could probably make but for the money you can order this one. https://www.detroitmuscletechnologi...-wiper-motor-block-off-plate-stainless-steel/
The build.
I started by removing the driver side wiper arm from under the factory 67 setup. It turns out that the dakota arm and the factory b body arm are the same length. You will attach the Dakota arm to the wiper pivot with the bushing that has hole all the way through and then use the factory metal clip to lock it in place. The other end will connect to the motor with the standard pushon wiper bushings you can still pick up at the auto parts stores. No more fancy $35 2 or 3 spd bushings needed.
For the motor you will take the firewall bracket or cardboard with the pattern and transfer the holes to the metal plate. You want to keep the wholes on the center pivot to a tight tolerance as the rubber boot works to seal the hole from water intrusion. Here is a pic with it installed on the firewall. It takes up a whole bunch less place than the original motors.
As you can see the wiring is still temporary but I essentially have it wired the same as the factory wiring from the factory 67 2 speed switch. One issue I am having is that the switch continues to click when the key is on even when the switch is off. Perhaps I need some sort of resistor in place on one of the feeds but I do currently have high and low speed and the wipers park when the switch is turned off.
I used this as a reference for the motor wiring.
