The86manche

Although not local Pete offered to help so I'm going to just ship them out to him. I've got 10 heading his way. Thank you for the offered assistance though!

Alright, ive got 10 of them heading petes way!

Let me find a suitable box and I'll get them ready for shipping!

No, the 86 wiring wouldn't be different as far as the wiper module harness goes. At least for me. My truck has the intermitten option.

I do, but...

Honestly I still see a lot of good stuff. Those buckets, the black door cards. Hell the whole shell, albeit beat, looks solid enough for someone to start start with

I keep meaning to look into that. But also I haven't had anyone willing to help me test them so that I can go forward with something like that and sealing them up again.

Something might be broken in there then haha

In lowell. I'd be willing to travel to someone relatively local too

by far the only and worst one I've seen in the pile. None come close. This one had to have been submerged for a while... beyond saving.

I've got a stack of refurbed wiper modules I need help testing. I'm looking for someone hopefully somewhat local and willing to help me test out the functions of these modules.

Just chugging right along here! Front and rear shocks are out, fenders off, heater core out, pulled the firewall insulation, wiper motor is almost out, all the wiring is removed. I picked away at the rust and scale to assess rust damage. Cab corners are gone. Both rockers are paper thin, driver floor is gone, passenger floor is decent. I've got two patches to do at the back of the cab where two drain plugs go. Driver fender is rotted at the bottom. Passenger fender was replaced at some point and has a date stamp of '92 on the back but it's good. Big strides! Major progress! Even with the rust.. I'm still happy with the progress.

I also removed the whole dash assembly, wiring and all. Sketchiest part of that was removing the defrost vent panel without breaking it. Which I succeeded at. It just feels like very dry and brittle plastic.

You just love to see it... At least it's not rotted. Just rusty.

Last night I made more teardown progress! Arguably got the hardest part out of the way. Front and rear glass removed. I was able to save the rear window gasket too! The windshield though.. did not save. The slider I probably won't use again. The seals are failing and ir was leaking into the cab from the bottom corners. I have a cl lawerence 3 pane slider I'm thinking about using instead

Yeah they really are getting scares. Online shopping, and the pandemic really did a lot of those small shops in. If there's any little electical dufangles or duvisators that you need just let me know. I can always run over and pick it up from the guy and send it your way. Providing he has what you need.

If it is possible I don't have access to anything right now. If any of them have the factory coating on them I try to leave them alone. But otherwise I don't think moisture or vibrations are really an issue with them. They are pretty solid in place in the case and moisture damage has not really been an issue with them from the ones I've split apart.

There's actually a little electronics store an old gent runs a few towns over who carries EVERY different kind of resistor and capacitor I could ask for and more. I was just there today to get a few that I needed. I like supporting the small businesses when I can.

I'm not that guy but I am doing the same thing. I would like to make a little market for it. I've got a few more to finish up and I'll be testing all at once. Just need a few more capacitors

It's possible but I've not looked into who else used them or originated design. Corrosion and solder breaks don't seem to be an issue for these believe it or not. 90% of the ones I've opened up had good solder and were dry. Or very light corrosion at the connectors but not the board. The board uses a lot of capacitors and resistors. And I know capacitors can dry out or expand from constant voltage.

But they can be fixed! They used the capacitors in line with circuits on the board, if one goes bad then it can cause things to malfunction or not function at all. It's how I fixed my old yj ecu. The capacitors went bad and it wouldn't even show the 'check engine light' anymore

I didn't know cjs used wiper modules too.

After this post came up I put my nose back to the grindstone and started fixing the other ones I had. One of them was either in a fire or soaking in water for years as the board literally disintegrated when attempting to remove it from the case. After I get the rest finished up I'm going to see who's local and willing to help me test them. On a side note @Pete M what are you doing with those faulty modules? Lol

You are correct. It is still quite solid. Nothing that would question viability of this project at least. It's rough where the rear bumper brackets would bolt too. Oh well, rust belt woes haha

Today, I pulled the gas tank, exhaust, brake and bed off the truck. That was a trial to do for one person. But I did it! Seeing under the bed though.. was not very pleasing.. I went around and wire brushed and cleaned off what I could. Found some soft spots on top. Nothing that can't be fixed but not something I wanted to fix. Almost ready for the sandblasters though!