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When I drove the Yellow Peril home from Augusta, GA (in the rain) it was
without wipers. This car spent its first 20 years in the desert and the
plastic parts are mostly shot, including the pulleys on the wiper system.
The right side pulley (that connects the rest of the linkage to the motor
link) came off because the pins that hold it to the other pulley disintegrated.
Susan and I scrapped out a 76 245 some time back and retrieved the metal wiper
linkage including metal pulleys. I've got the metal pulley installed and
am trying to string up the cables on the links. Thus far no success although
Ben and I have spent about 3 hours killing our backs trying. So far I have
tried tying a string to the end of the cable, which didn't work because the
string and the cable both would not go through the hole in the end of the link
at the same time. Then I tried making a manipulator out of solid copper wire
just behind the end of the cable. I haven't spent much time with that yet
because my back gave out again. I DO have the glove box and heater duct out
of the way so I can sorta see up there but as the cable gets nearer the right
position, working space disappears.....
Do you guys know any tricks for getting this rig back together? I THINK
the outer pulley may be a little easier because it isn't hidden behind
anything like the smaller, inner pulley.
GROAN!!!
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George Downs, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Central US
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