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Old 10-16-2012, 03:51 PM
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Looks good
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Looks good
Thank you!

It's a slower process getting things back to where I want them when it's your daily driver as well. I'll get there eventually.
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that is a very nice looking crew cab. i like the bird bath hood. i was trying to get one for my truck but haven't had much luck finding one. i also wouldn't mind getting a crew cab but can't afford one even if i found one. got stop spending so much money on my current trucks. my money never seems to go that far.
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what are you doin for windshield washer nozzles with the new old cowl since they dont have any
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he's useing the old style nozzles that just stick up between the grill's on the cowl piece
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he's useing the old style nozzles that just stick up between the grill's on the cowl piece
Thank you, and you are correcr Sir!!
Old 11-18-2012, 12:23 AM
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I looked really hard at your picture and didn't see the new style so that's how and y I said that yeah I'm a dodge Nut what can I say .
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let me get this right cause i am goin to put a bird bath on my truck you have the nozzles from the 70s style cowl?
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n o he has the 1's from the 80's they sit right below cowl
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I believe they didn't chnage much from the 70's up to the 80's.

Also be aware that putting a bird bath hood on a 91-93 truck with an Intercoler will cause you some grief. Only reason mine went as well as it did was due to me using my Non-IC radiator, on the IC rad support. If Ihad not done this then I would have had to cut the under side if the hood to clear the rad, and the upper rad supports.
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that wont be a problem i have a non ic motor in my 88
Old 01-06-2013, 11:42 AM
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Dead wipers

My wipers quite last week on my crewcab...89 wiring. But my problem was in the wiper control on the turn signal stock. It's been rattling, and making odd clicking sounds, and would wipe erraticly, been like this for a couple years now. I knew it would die eventually, but never took any steps to prevent it either.

I have a spare steering column, from a 90/91, with the same wiper control. So I figured I'd use that. Swapped it out yesterday ....and nothing!! I thought maybe it was the wiper motor. So I pulled the motor and tested it...no problems there. So I pulled the new'er stuff back out and compared the old vs the new. Turns out the wiring for the 90/91 is a bit different. Plugs are the same, actual control stock is exactly the same...save for a couple wire that are a different color...but the whole wiring system is set up differently.

Last night I decided to cut and paste my two systems. Use the new'er control stock, and the old wiring. Carefully made sure to match all the wires to the proper connections, and solderd them all together. Will try installing it this morning...hope for the best.
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Well here is a pic of the joining of the two harnesses....


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I installed it, as I said earlier, and nothing worked. But you could hear the intermittent relay cycling, and power clicking into the system. SO I pulled the wiring out again and double checked my connections....yup everything was exactly how it should be. So after that I re-install the wiring and decided to check the plug at the wiper motor. I was getting power to the plug, from different location depending on if it was intermittent wipe or not. And the washer fluid pump was working...so I figured it had to be the wiper motor.

So even though I had pulled the motor last night and it cycled fine, I decided to use a spare motor I had. Although this one had a different wiring connector so i couldn't plug it in...but I had snagged 6" of wiring with it so I was able to make a jump to the wiring in the truck. And if your doing this don't forget the external ground. So i hook everything up, power it up and the motor works perfectly. So this was the problem.

So onto Rockauto to find an interchange list...then out to the wreckers...grabbed an almost new one from a 91 Plymouth Voyager. Came home and hooked it up first off with the jump wires...and everything worked!! SO out came the old motor...then swap over the new motor onto the base plate from the truck, then re-install. I now have wiper again!!
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Way to go! The motor must have just had an open circuit inside huh?
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Just for the record...here is the interchange list from Rockauto for our 1st Gen's....

CHRYSLER LEBARON (1989 - 1995)
CHRYSLER TC MASERATI (1989 - 1991)
CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY (1990 - 1995)
DODGE B150 (1989 - 1994)
DODGE B1500 (1995 - 1997)
DODGE B250 (1989 - 1994)
DODGE B2500 (1995 - 1997)
DODGE B350 (1989 - 1994)
DODGE B3500 (1995 - 1997)
DODGE CARAVAN (1989 - 1995)
DODGE D100 PICKUP 1989
DODGE D150 PICKUP (1989 - 1993)
DODGE D250 PICKUP (1989 - 1993)
DODGE D350 PICKUP (1989 - 1993)
DODGE DAYTONA (1989 - 1993)
DODGE GRAND CARAVAN (1989 - 1995)
DODGE OMNI 1990
DODGE RAMCHARGER (1989 - 1993)
DODGE W100 PICKUP 1989
DODGE W150 PICKUP (1989 - 1993)
DODGE W250 PICKUP (1989 - 1993)
DODGE W350 PICKUP (1989 - 1993)
PLYMOUTH GRAND VOYAGER (1989 - 1995)
PLYMOUTH HORIZON 1990
PLYMOUTH VOYAGER (1989 - 1995)
Now remember this is just the motor...not the mounting flange, or the swing arm. But easy enough to swap. 7/16 wrench to pop the swing arm off, then peal back the insulation, 3 more 7/16 bolts and the motor pops off. Then Re/Re and your done.

One other thought though...make sure you try and hold the motor in the "park" position while your doing this. I used a cresent wrench on the swing arm to hold it in place while I tightened/loosened the nut holding it in place.


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