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I purchased a 37 120 coupe convertible about a year ago and am still trying to work out the bugs. I am currently working on the door handles and wipers. The wipers are not working and the handles droop!! I am begining to wonder if the handles and wipers are correct for the car. Pictures are attached of both.

The wiper arms say, "Canada 1937" on the wiper end.
The wipers say, "universal" on the attachment piece.
The handles say, "Automotive Hdwe Co, Chicago" on the under side.

Does anyone know if the wipers are correct, where I can get replacement wipers or where to get correct wipers?

Does anyone know how to take the handles apart so that I can get the square shafts out of the lock mechanism? There is slop in the handles which is part of my handle drooping problem.

Has anyone had experience removing the wiper motor from under the dash?

Thanks for your expert advise,

Rod

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The door handles are wrong. Droopy handles are more related to the springs in the latch mechanism than the handle itself. John Ulrich reproduces the latch springs - rebuilding the latches is the way to go. have to be removed from the door to do so.
The wiper arms are wrong as well. Close, but still wrong. I don't think I have a pair of arms handy, but I will look. The wiper motor is held on with two bolts - on the ends of the wiper motor under the dash. The linkage arms come right off the wiper motor via a paired washer with a spring inbetween, you'll see...

rvsls --- Recommend you get a copy of "The Production Packard" by Dar Kuehl. It is written for restorers and those that want to keep their junior 1935-37 Packards as original as possible. You can get it at Amazon for $19.99. Lots of good detail information. I received my copy yesterday.

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RVSLS,
The wiper motor is a bit of a job . . . it helps if You are about 20 years old & very agile.

There are two very small ( about 4-40 screws with nuts that hold the motor in place ), a couple of vacumn lines and the control cable ( switch ) which mounts through the bottom part of instrument panel. Also the arms to the ( drive units) transmissions, be sure to mark the arms L & R , front,back. Lots of wire to work around & the vent handle maybe in way.

I had the floor boards & transmission out of Packard & on ramps, and it was quite a job but I'm over seventy and kind of slow.

Take your time, be patient it can be done.

Dave

Thanks for all the help. I have the radio and heater out so that makes for a lot more room under the dash. I can see the vacuum motor and the linkage arms and lots of wire. Yes, I will have to take the spring off the vent but that does not look too difficult.

I am beginning to think that the vac motor is also the wrong unit for the car. It is hanging down and touching the light socket for the dash lights. So, the work continues and grows!!

Thanks for the door handle information. I thought that the handles were wrong after reading in the forum files about how to take the lock cylinders out of the handles and my handles did not have the "little hole." The handles are currently off the car. Before I reinstall them, I will see if I can find correct replacements. Anybody of any ideas as to where to find them?

I inspected the door latches and found that the inside door handles have plenty of spring pressure to return them after opening the door. It seems to be the outside handles that are sticky or is there another spring that returns them independently from the inside handles?

Again, thanks for all the help,

Rod