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Old 10-02-2008, 10:41 PM   #1
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im needing a wiper motor for my 65 wayne body the wipers hang down over the windshield, and one motor runs both wipers my motor actually has a ford part number on it( ) ive seen some universal motors on the net and am wondering if anyone has had any experience with these? they are from national bus parts i believe.since i live on the wet coast i will need wipers anyone? thanks timbuk

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Old 10-03-2008, 09:18 PM   #2
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Re: wiper motors

I work in the parts dept for a Ford heavy truck dealer, give me the part number and I'll try looking them up on Monday and see if it's something that is still available... The number that is on the actual part will be an engineering number, not the actual part number. But I can look up the engineering number and find out what the original number is, and any numbers that supercede it...

If they are still available, I can also use the dealer locator to see who has them...nationwide. so give me a city name too!
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Old 10-04-2008, 09:01 PM   #3
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why thank you fellow redneck Cliffthe munber on the motor is C6TF17B571-A and the motor is dated(GET THIS} july 14,1966 has the fomoco oval stamped in it also its in a 65 chev with a thomas thanks timbuk
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Old 10-05-2008, 12:46 PM   #4
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Will see what I can come up with. Being that old will likely not find anything but who knows.

And while your Chevy has a Ford wiper motor, if I can find it, then it will be through Sterling Trucks whih is a Freightliner subsidiary, and their parent company is Diamler/Benze...
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Old 10-05-2008, 07:40 PM   #5
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NAPA has access to an amazing amount of parts, thy may have to special order vintage parts, but they can get them.
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Old 10-06-2008, 09:21 PM   #6
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The short answer is "Part number unknown" is what I'm getting from Ford and from Sterling/Freightliner... Long answer is still in the works, I've got our top "Vintage Parts" guy working on that, he's been in the business 41 years and if it can be found, he can fnd it. He also told me the reason you have Ford wiper motor in the Chevy Bus is because the wipers are installed by the body manufacturer not the chassis manufacturer. As such you can wind up with anything in there!

Just in case you can't find what you are looking for, you might try ebay, I've found plenty of stuff on there... I've been looking at replacing my "Air Wiper Motors" with electric ones, I spotted THESE and he also has a Wiper Control also...
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Old 10-07-2008, 07:25 PM   #7
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thank you cliffe that wiper momor on ebay looks very similar to mine and looks alot like the universal ones selling at the bus parts depot,except the price is much less on the auction-almost half thanks again timbuk
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Old 10-07-2008, 09:53 PM   #8
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I still have my guy looking into that number you provided...but he's not having much luck with it...
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Old 10-11-2008, 12:26 AM   #9
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Re: wiper motors

today i went to the bus barn and yakked it up with the wrenches there they loved it so much that we had a 65 skoolie they gave me a uni wiper motor with bracket for free i was jumpin for joy has differences but itll work with some mods thanks for the hand cliffe i think this is the way to go instead of lookin for a 42 year old part number thanks again timbuk
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Old 10-18-2008, 08:39 PM   #10
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No problem, he was not having any luck with it anyway!!
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