VCCA Home Forums TECHNICAL - 1945 AND EARLIER 1929-1932 31-32 Cabriolet/Landau wiper info

If I am reading the catalog (dated 1932) correctly the 31-32 cars with a folding windshield had a short 3/16 pipe at the manifold, vacuum hose (they say loom) through the firewall to a chrome 3/16 pipe which goes through the dash. Then a 3/16 hose from the chrome pipe to the wiper. I think to the passenger side of the motor. Lot's of cars have not been done like that in photos on the internet.

I have attached a photo of the parts I think are used along with the catalog page.

Can anyone confirm my thoughts on this?

Thanks

Dave

Dave, the wiper motor gets mounted with the curved body facing up and the chrome pipe goes right into the wiper in place of the normal nipple. The pipe goes through the dash and the rubber hose is attached behind the dash. There is no hose used on the interior of the car. I have seen some who do that but that’s because they don’t have the pipe or don’t realize the nipple can be pulled out of the wiper if the set screw is loosened. The wiper should also be chrome. Sorry my pictures aren’t better but never took a shot of just the wiper motor.

Your pipe looks like one end was broken off. Perhaps where it went into the motor. Again, have to loosen the set screw that holds the pipe in the wiper motor.

Thanks Ted,

It looks like the car had the wrong wiper if Chevrolet was like Old's. Number 1 was on the car and was chrome, number two came as parts.

Both take vacuum from the passenger side.

thanks again

Dave

I should add coming in on the left makes sense since the hole in the dash is to the left of the wiper.

Dave