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Who in the world makes a great switch? Electrically I believe mine is fine; it's that damn workings of the switch that gets hung up. I have had these apart before to 'fix' them, what a joke. Sorry if I offended the designer, but, really? Maybe there are NOS's around someplace?
Believe me, NO ONE makes a good replacement wiper switch. There is only one replacement made {bad) and it is sold by all the vendors. I also tried to fix and adjust them, but no luck. What did work for me was finding a NOS one at a swap meet. This one works like new and has been working for years! (Even though I don't get caught in the rain much).
My wipers on my 69 don't work and it has to do with the wwiper door not working right. I never drive the car in the rain but I would like to get them working
social tom: Do you know what is wrong with your wiper door? The door itself has a whole bunch of rivets at all of the swivel points and depending on where the car spent its early life they could be rusted. I ended up replacing all of the rivets. What a PITA. The vacuum canister can be replaced if that is the issue. There are a couple of switches involved, electrical and vacuum. The system is much more complicated than it needs to be, but everything can be corrected.
Hello Robert,
"Much more complicated".... like this??????
The joke use to be that by about 1970 the service techs got together and paid for the designer to be assassinated.
Regards......
Alan: Thankfully I have never had to do anything with the headlight mechanism other than change the vacuum canisters years ago. The wiper mechanics is another story. When I bought the car in 74 the wiper cover was frozen and it took a lot of WD-40 to free it up. It worked, but there was still rust in the hinges and every time I opened the cover the rust would chew up the bushings a little more. A few years ago, I broke down and bought a rebuild kit for the wiper mechanism. Pulled it out of the car and then took a couple of photos of the mechanism. Did one side at a time. What a PITA doing it by myself. I really needed about four hands to do it properly, but I did get it done. The photos were critical in reassembling the sides. Several pieces could be installed either reversed or upside down and then the unit would bind and not function. Got it all back together and hopefully it should last another 57 years before it needs to be done again. Somebody else's problem unless I live to be 135..
Who in the world makes a great switch? Electrically I believe mine is fine; it's that damn workings of the switch that gets hung up. I have had these apart before to 'fix' them, what a joke. Sorry if I offended the designer, but, really? Maybe there are NOS's around someplace?
is this what you need
rebuilt from an NCRS member and has new internals and boot and you can see the glue repaired at the bottom
works great
but has a split but can be fixed at the side that bolt to cowel and should be fine
i can attempt to do that for you if you buy it
85.00 shipped
incidentally i had NOS ones but they failed and had to get them rebuilt
is this what you need
rebuilt from an NCRS member and has new internals and boot and you can see the glue repaired at the bottom
works great
but has a split but can be fixed at the side that bolt to cowel and should be fine
i can attempt to do that for you if you buy it
85.00 shipped
incidentally i had NOS ones but they failed and had to get them rebuilt
Actually, there is one for sale on eBay if you're willing to pay $$$$ for it (NOS), $275.00. It's been listed for years, but I found a good one at a swap meet. GM part # 1994169.
Last edited by C3 Stroker; May 16, 2026 at 12:59 PM.
Wiper switch, '72
