2 Speed Wiper Mod

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Roni
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Re: 2 Speed Wiper Mod

Post by Roni »

It can't be my mod, I haven't done it. I have to admit to taking the Subaru when it looks like it will get really wet.

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Re: 2 Speed Wiper Mod

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Take the lid of the wiper motor drive and clean the old 1964 grease out and re pack with fresh 2010 grease. The speed of the wipers depends on the amount of rain on the windscreen :)
To my simple electronic mind sticking various appliances in the circuit will only increase the resistance and slow the wipers down, so you appear to be back to an uprated two speed motor.
I expect a professor of batteries will try to correct me :-?
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Re: 2 Speed Wiper Mod

Post by bmcecosse »

It wasn't your mod as such - you pointed to it in a thread in another forum.

Here is the type of brush plate that Lucas used to provide the second speed -[frame]Image[/frame] The higher speed is obtained by using the brush part way round the commutator.
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Re: 2 Speed Wiper Mod

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Anyone got a cunning way to get an intermittant wipe?
Without doing it manually!
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Re: 2 Speed Wiper Mod

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There have been many suggestions in the past - do a search - and i'm sure kits on ebay.
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Re: 2 Speed Wiper Mod

Post by Declan_Burns »

Roy, I saw this on ebay. Is it the same as what you mentioned? I sent them a question but they never bothered to answer.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT
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Re: 2 Speed Wiper Mod

Post by bmcecosse »

Yes - that looks very like the one I bought - 45 years ago! I can't say if it will fit your motor - I still haven't quite got round to fitting mine!
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