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Mick wrote: Wed Mar 19, 2025 9:30 pm next thing you'll have power steer and air con :lol:
My mate just put an electric air cond in his grey powered EK van so never say never :D :D
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Another couple of pieces to the puzzle waiting for me at work this morning Image
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Hi Blacky I'm interested in this intermittent set up, does this go between the normal FB EK on/off switch? do you think I would be able to put it in between the on/off Hi/lo (two Speed) which is the lever on the VT column in Frank?
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Its a universal jigger mate, will have a play with it this weekend but its basically just a timer and you run a signal wire out of it to your low speed wire or in the case of a stock wiper motor like mine, run from the switch through the timer and then to earth. Will post up more info once I open the thing up and have a play in the shed.
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Pretty simple wiring , just connect it up to suit your setup
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I might be able to work that out, being an electrical idiot, but I am keen to give it a go. Looks like I’m on to a belt driven aircon though so may get distracted with that. Thanks for the info mate.


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For the price on Ebay mate I bought one anyway and as Clay said I can play and see if I can work it out with the dunnydoor wiper wiring in Frank
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I bought mine from this mob - Image


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Well the intermittent wipers are in - pretty happy with how they turned out .
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Wanted to keep the dash as uncluttered as possible so I thought I would use the unused choke cable hole - the cable broke years ago - the unit fitted in there neatly and I figured rather than use the knob that came with the kit I would have a go at making the choke cable knob fit the wiper switch
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Drilled the guts out of the choke cable knob then broke the new knob to get the guts out of it
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Used the brass splined bit - tapped it into the choke cable knob and Roberts your mothers brother ImageImage
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Fitted it all up and you wouldn’t know it was there ImageImage
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Finished the brakes off - new hoses and bled them up , need a wheel alignment seeing as I have changed the steering arms and tie rod ends- could probably get away with just setting the toe in
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Then made a bracket to mount the cruise control pad next to the column- it clamps in between the dash and the handbrake handle
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Blew a coat of paint over it and then blew the froth off a couple ….


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Very neat, and a hell of a lot simpler than converting another wiper motor. Looks like a real winner for anyone needing to comply with the 2-speed wiper part of engineering.

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Nicely done mate.

Just give it as much positive caster and negative camber as you can, and it should be right.


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Now for the proof of the pudding?


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Errol62 wrote: Mon Mar 24, 2025 7:29 am Nicely done mate.

Just give it as much positive caster and negative camber as you can, and it should be right.


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Harv wrote: Mon Mar 24, 2025 6:41 am Very neat, and a hell of a lot simpler than converting another wiper motor. Looks like a real winner for anyone needing to comply with the 2-speed wiper part of engineering.

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This is a stock single speed wiper motor but the intermittent thingy will work with a 2 speed.
The only thing i need to be careful of is CEVA workers trying to pull the choke out to start it - that's what broke the original choke cable :econfused:
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