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Last thing to do was fire it up check the washer and field of view. All in all not a real difficult project time consuming and lots of measuring and thinking. But man when it’s raining or just on a wet highway it is sooooo nice to have. I have the topper off doing my frame off restore. I’m going...
Last item on the list was making a cover for the wiper motor. I fabricated some brackets and cover from some aluminum I had . Some nut-plates and a coat of paint finished the install. The cover was bent at work on a really nice brake and then I welded the corner seams.
Next I had to fabricate some wiper-blade ramps so that the blade could transition from the window to the parked position. I had some Teflon block left over from another project, so a little sanding and fitting along with some extra long 3/32 counter sunk rivets did the trick.
So I got the wiring schematic from Prodemand and fabricated a harness for the wiper. I used standard automotive black split conduit for protection of the harness. The eyelet in the picture was used to attach the fishing tool. I then made room for the wiper control switch next to the air...
Next up was the wiring and washer tube routing and installation. The washer tube was easy as it would not require any protection. I simply fished it along the inside of the left frame rail up into the engine compartment and hooked it up to the pump. I routed the tube along the rear upper bumper...
Next hurdle was mounting the pass – through for the washer tube. I took some measurements of the fitting and realized that the topper shell was to thick for the fitting. I drilled a pilot hole for my spot face and recessed the hole, then reamed the hole to the final size for the fitting. The...
Next up was figuring out how to get the mount trimmed , fitted and installed. On the S10 Blazers the wiper is installed with 2 bolts and then the shaft itself secures the wiper to the tailgate. The bracket needed to be trimmed as the side facing rubber mount would not be needed as the assembly...
While drilling the pilot hole after getting through the outside shell I encountered metal then the inner shell. Still not knowing what the internal structure consisted of, on a wing and a prayer I went with the up sizing of the hole for the wiper shaft. And a rough layout on the internal shell...
First step was picking the location for mounting. Ideally center-line of the topper would have been best, however There is an overlap of the structure and at the time I was uncertain of what was inside the shell. Due to the direction of travel of the wiper motor I couldn’t go to the left hand...
Was asked about the rear windshield wiper on the M1009 and decided to make a separate thread on it. The parts are from a 2000 Chevy Blazer I got from ebay. I got everything but the connectors so a trip to the local pick a part was needed. Autozone for the pump and Home Depot for the washer tube.
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