wiper door
Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2003
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From: Sydney
I have had to manually override my wiper door (as the vacuum or the overide switch doesn't work 
).
Inside the engine bay (on passenger side) - up against firewall - is the wiper door actuator.
Take the rubber grommet off the front of it.
Then with something that wont scratch the inside (we used the handle of a screwdriver) - push the actuator in until the door fully opens.
Mine is a 1970.
).Inside the engine bay (on passenger side) - up against firewall - is the wiper door actuator.
Take the rubber grommet off the front of it.
Then with something that wont scratch the inside (we used the handle of a screwdriver) - push the actuator in until the door fully opens.
Mine is a 1970.
Drifting
Joined: Nov 2002
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From: Loveland, CO
You can also grab the rear edge of the wiper door and gently force it open. That's what I have been doing on my '69 as I try to get the linkage adjusted properly. P 
robably easier if you remove the vacuum hoses from the can first to not be fighting cylinder pressures.
robably easier if you remove the vacuum hoses from the can first to not be fighting cylinder pressures.
Team Owner
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From: Smile, it's just the internet.
Do it the way it says in the owner's manual! 
You know...those booklets that nobody ever bothered to read when they were new and then threw away just before selling the car to the second owner who never even knew the thing existed?
Anyway...
1. Disconnect the lines going to the canister.
2. Pull the big rubber plug out of the front end of the cannister.
3. Using a blunt instrument such as your finger or a socket extension, push the actuator in (toward the rear of the car).
4. The door should now be open.
You know...those booklets that nobody ever bothered to read when they were new and then threw away just before selling the car to the second owner who never even knew the thing existed?Anyway...
1. Disconnect the lines going to the canister.
2. Pull the big rubber plug out of the front end of the cannister.
3. Using a blunt instrument such as your finger or a socket extension, push the actuator in (toward the rear of the car).
4. The door should now be open.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Aug 2003
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From: Chattanooga TN
Originally Posted by CGGorman
Do it the way it says in the owner's manual! You know...those booklets that nobody ever bothered to read when they were new and then threw away just before selling the car to the second owner who never even knew the thing existed?
Anyway...
1. Disconnect the lines going to the canister.
2. Pull the big rubber plug out of the front end of the cannister.
3. Using a blunt instrument such as your finger or a socket extension, push the actuator in (toward the rear of the car).
4. The door should now be open.
You know...those booklets that nobody ever bothered to read when they were new and then threw away just before selling the car to the second owner who never even knew the thing existed?Anyway...
1. Disconnect the lines going to the canister.
2. Pull the big rubber plug out of the front end of the cannister.
3. Using a blunt instrument such as your finger or a socket extension, push the actuator in (toward the rear of the car).
4. The door should now be open.
Drifting
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,255
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From: Coralville Iowa
I beg to differ.
If you don't remove the vacuum lines from the canister at least the closing side vacuum line, you may be trying to fight the vacuum on the "closing side" of the canister vacuum.
It opens like a dream if you remove the lines.
My .02
If you don't remove the vacuum lines from the canister at least the closing side vacuum line, you may be trying to fight the vacuum on the "closing side" of the canister vacuum.
It opens like a dream if you remove the lines.
My .02
Originally Posted by 427V8
You don't need to disconnect the vacuum lines, just be gentle when you put your finger in there.
