57 wiper motor judging issues
I am original owner of E57S102247 with option 109 W/S washer. I encountered two issues at the recent SE Regional at Bowling Green that I hope some Master Judges would explore and resolve for me.
1. My wiper motor No. is 5047988, half way between the two accepted numbers 5047984 and 5047991 in the judging manual. Is there any process by which this no, can be accepted ? I know this motor is original to car;what kind of documentation is required? Isn't it logical that this no. represents a design iteration on the way to the final design for a revised park position? This is a common type of confusion that I worked to resolve as a production engineer on the passenger,truck and corvette assy. lines at St. Louis; that occurred in a running design change within a model year.
2. I don't believe that the last phrase in Operations item 8 of the 4th or 5th edition of the judging manual is correct, where it states that the motor will return the wipers to the park position when the pump pedal is released. When the pump pedal is depressed ,the cable pushes the slider switch to the hi speed position, where it stays held by the friction of the knob cable until it is returned by the dash knob. There is no internal spring in the motor switch, if there were you could not turn the wipers on with the knob to stay on. The slide block on the end of the pedal cable sheath allows the pedal to return for another pump stroke by allowing the cable sheath to slide forward but has no connection to pull the switch back to the park position.
Thank you, Frank Bloemke (43434)
1. My wiper motor No. is 5047988, half way between the two accepted numbers 5047984 and 5047991 in the judging manual. Is there any process by which this no, can be accepted ? I know this motor is original to car;what kind of documentation is required? Isn't it logical that this no. represents a design iteration on the way to the final design for a revised park position? This is a common type of confusion that I worked to resolve as a production engineer on the passenger,truck and corvette assy. lines at St. Louis; that occurred in a running design change within a model year.
2. I don't believe that the last phrase in Operations item 8 of the 4th or 5th edition of the judging manual is correct, where it states that the motor will return the wipers to the park position when the pump pedal is released. When the pump pedal is depressed ,the cable pushes the slider switch to the hi speed position, where it stays held by the friction of the knob cable until it is returned by the dash knob. There is no internal spring in the motor switch, if there were you could not turn the wipers on with the knob to stay on. The slide block on the end of the pedal cable sheath allows the pedal to return for another pump stroke by allowing the cable sheath to slide forward but has no connection to pull the switch back to the park position.
Thank you, Frank Bloemke (43434)
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