Wipers

[Falcon13]

So this takes care of the chattering and the noise of the stock system?

It drives me absolutly batty! and I am slowly going through the process of improving on the design.

Roudy

[pbrown]

That depends on what is rattling. You may need to replace something. Climb under your dash and see if you can wiggle the linkage to see where it's coming from.

Mine is reasonable quiet - not as quiet as my SAAB but this is an old American car.

[Falcon13]

Will do, I had a 4 door 65 years ago and it was the same, I am California transplant so wipers were something used every once and awhile. Now that I am up here and driving the car more I really want to take of this. Its alot like there are bushings missing that should be in the tramission arms, the noise corresponds with the erratic blade movement and the arms and blades are new.

Roudy

[Luva65wagon]

I recently did the intermittent conversion on my 67 F100 and purchased 3 switch and modules setups just in case I could do it to the wagon and then have one for a spare. You can find these on ebay all the time, but I've found 2 sets at Pull a Part since getting my first one on ebay. It was a piece of cake on the truck because it just plugged in. I'm not 100% sure whether the connector is the same on the Falcon, but it won't be hard to figure out. I used the same diagram Patrick posted, but I also redid this diagram to remove and improve any superfluous information and to actually get it to match my trucks wiring... which may be closer to the 65 wiring than the 79 wiring (on the car side of it all). So have a look at it as well.

As for as the rattle, I agree, you'll need to inspect the mechanisms to see what's loose. It's going to most likely be a bushing somewhere in there.

[redfalken]

Ouch! Wiring diagrams make my brain hurt! Although if I stare at them long enough they eventually make sense.

I can, however, wire up a radio head unit and CD changer. Usually an Elvis CD turned up really loud masks all those annoying squeaks creaks, and leaks I'd recommend "Viva Las Vegas"...

I would actually like to do this upgrade someday but my wiring under the dash really needs to be cleaned up. So I may do the wiper upgrade if I ever get (or make) new harnesses. My car did come with the 2-speed electric upgrade for `62. I was told once that it wasn't common and most had one-speed vacuum operated wipers. I know Pat's early `62 did.