59BlueSilver

My wiper motor is missing this round part called a coordinator. Does anyone know it’s function? Is it part of the washer system?

vette61

Yes, you need it to make the washers work. It supplies vacuum to the that plastic looking switch to get it moving for the wiper motor. Those are hard to find and costly but maybe try Ebay. When you push that small button on your wiper switch it puts things in motion for the water squirters.

vette61

Here's the configuration.

Pop Chevy

You don't need it to make the wipers work though.

vettsplit 63

Probably the reason it was taken off is that it quit working.. I bought a NOS one, but was told that there is no guarantee that it will still function... They were pretty poor systems.

BWT

The entire mount is not usable. If you definitely want to go with a coordinator, you will need a complete mount, and plastic actuator for coordinator,, your actuator appears broken.

59BlueSilver

I already have new plastic actuators, I just need the coordinator mount. Does anyone know where I can get one?

62vetteman

This is the only place I have seen it: https://chicagocorvette.net/item.php?item=28657&rc=1265

jimh_1962

I have one. Its OEM. It will match your coordinator. I will PM you.

59BlueSilver

Thought I had everything to make this work, but I still need this tie down marked in the pic. Anybody got one or know where I can get it?

Frankie the Fink

I would call Tom Maxwell at Capitol Restorations...

mike coletta

Tom is dead. Talk with Jay.

Frankie the Fink

Man I forget about Tom's passing, seems like we are losing someone else every week, I can't keep up...

59BlueSilver

Thanks for the info, guys, however if someone could show me a picture of this by itself, I could probably make it. Doesn’t look complicated, could probably whittle it out of a chunk of plastic.

mike coletta

that’s what I would do.

59BlueSilver

Anybody got a picture of this part (in post 10)?

rich5962

You might want to check your coordinator with a Mityvac and gauge to make sure the diaphragm is ok. I rebuilt a 61 washer system a few years ago and boy what a painful contraption it was.

I might have one of those little clamps in a bag of wiper parts in my shop. My '59 didn't have washers but had that coordinator mounted on the motor and I took it off about 30 years ago.

I'll check when I get down there after another coffee.

rich5962

In Stock. Free shipping!

PM your mailing addr and I'll USPS one to you later today. I'm going there anyway to send Pat in CA something too.

I forgot I had all this stuff.


This is what the innards of the coordinator look like. I rebuilt one from this stash for that 61 I did a few years ago.

They typically don't hold vacuum because the rubber diaphragm lip on the black plastic plunger goes dry. Cleaning the cylinder and some silicone grease does the trick IIRC.

Rich

Frankie the Fink

I've been in that loft in your garage Rich, I'd be surprised at what you DON'T have up there...

dcamick

Great Choice! Jay is the one to Call......Save yourself a lot of agony! I used my 61 without a Coordinator. Jay rebuilt my 61 System and my 65 system......

Or, maybe Rich can walk you through the process!!!!