It's funny we should be discussing this as I headed out for a
weekend road trip in my old '49 and was thinking if maybe I'd been
talking out my butt (yet again) about this when the heavens opened
up and it began to rain like it never rains in California , I mean 3"
of standing water on the freway I was driving on , I had to slow
down to 60 MPH it was so bad , cars whizzing past me @ 80 = MPH but
my old vacuum wipers slapping back and forth , silently , flipping
the water off without any problems at all , made me glad I'd sent my
old gummed up vacuum motor off to Ficken Wiper Service a few years
ago .
I _GOTTA_ fix my heater and get some Vent Shades too as I needed to
drive with the window open tp prevent fogged up windows .
-Nate
Lee wrote:
>
> I am sure you are quite right about the wipers. Having spent
considerable
> time in Seattle I have had many more problems with electric wipers
than
> vacuum, It seams the more you use them the better they work. The
killer of
> the electric is snow, the vacuum will just slow down or stop until
cleared
> but the electric will break something.
> Lee
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "vwnate1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 6:24 AM
> Subject: [old-chevy-truck] Re: stock Vacuum Wipers
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -OR-
> > You could adjust your valves and keep the engine in good tune
then
> > the original vacuum operated wipers would work just fine like
they
> > did for me in those ' gully washer ' rainstorms in New England
back
> > in the day and continue to do to-day and now .
> >
> > Adding a " dual action " typ fuel pump works wonders too .
> >
> > SEAT BELTS , _properly_ installed are a _MUST_ ! .
> >
> > -Nate
> > James wrote:
> > >
> > > Bone stock got people killed in the day and it can get you
killed
> > today. Especially vacuum wipers. Museum cars can be bone
stock, but
> > if you drive it......safety mods are in order.
> > >
Ole Chevy and GMC trucks rule!
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