Kerry, I replaced a motor last year on my 42. I don't recall the model but I believe it was an AFI purchased from Fisheries supply. The motor has 2 speeds, is self parking and could be adjusted to several different degrees of sweep. As I recall the most important issue was the to be sure the shaft length is the same as the one being replaced. My old motor was fine but I was no longer able to find arms which fit it's shaft end (very old design according to Fisheries).
Finally the best windshield advice is to use rainex. Often the glass on saltwater boats gets etched so you need to polish it first and then apply the rainex. I do this a couple times a year and it really helps the vision. Good luck. Bob On Jan 30, 7:56 pm, Kerry Lebel <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the insight John. I know it can be tricky getting the right > combo of motor size, shaft length, # of degrees, and wiper blade length. > That is why I was hoping that someone had done it before on the 42. I > will take a look at that AFI motor and see how it looks. Worst case, I go > to Seacure and see if I can get the old stock motors. I was hoping for an > upgrade to autoparking motors though. We shall see I guess! > > Kerry > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 6:24 PM, John Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Kerry, Last year I replaced both wiper motors on my '72 Saltydog. I > > bought them from Jamestown distributor's motor model no. AFI-34001, looked > > almost identical to the old ones. All the holes lined up the same as the > > old one. One old motor was frozen, that's why I replaced them. The new ones > > are self parking and two speed, so I had to change the switches. My boat is > > old enough that I always plan on replacing all wiring and switches whenever > > I am replacing something like this, so if you don't want to rewire there > > may be other motor options. They come in 80 or 110 degree's and it didn't > > look like 110 would work so playing it safe, I got the 80 degree and ended > > up with less coverage. Also in trying to get more coverage I tryed the AFI > > adjustable pantographic arms and they did not work, if i remember right it > > was because of the thickness of the fiberglass that i was mounting to. The > > different shaft sizes and length I took off the old motor and they all > > worked. Good luck, John > > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:26 AM, David Oates <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Hello Kerry, > > >> I will be watching this thread closely. Oh, and by-the-way, I'm real > >> glad to see you here on the UnifliteWorld. It has been very quite lately. > > >> The wipers on my 1894, 42E, don't work and I have to find out way. There > >> are three and none of them move. But, I have not done the troubleshooting > >> to find out the cause. Actually, I don't know anything about them, but I > >> will have to do that project soon. Thanks for bringing it up. > > >> DavidO > > >> ------------------------------ > >> *From:* Kerry Lebel <[email protected]> > >> *To:* [email protected] > >> *Sent:* Sun, January 29, 2012 6:32:27 PM > >> *Subject:* [UnifliteWorld] Winter projects on my 42 DCMY > > >> Hey All, > > >> I have a couple of projects I want to tackle before spring. The first is > >> replacing two of the wiper motors on the front windows. They have been > >> dead for a couple of years now and I would love to get them replaced. > >> Anyone know of a replacement for them? I can't find the OEM Bosch wiper > >> motor. I have a port supply and Fisheries Supply account, so if I can find > >> a couple there it would be even better. Any ideas? > > >> Thanks, > > >> Kerry > > >> P.S. - Spring can not come soon enough to the Northwest!!! > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "UnifliteWorld" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en. > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "UnifliteWorld" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "UnifliteWorld" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "UnifliteWorld" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/unifliteworld?hl=en.
