I need info on how to install the center bar on windshield.........I am trying to put a 1946 Ford coupe together and have no clue how center bar attaches to dash just wondering if I am missing pieces. I have looked at photos and see a knob on dash but there is no stud or screw threads....don't know if tab on bottom of divider bar is supposed to be at 90 degree angle or less......I would appreciate any guidance on getting the m{}]]\|~<%##%><%>€ thing installed. Thanks
The large hole on the bottom of divider bar, is for the wiper switch(vacuum). It comes up from the bottom, and a nut holds it down.
The three holes in the middle are used with machine screws and bolt the outside divider bar down on the outside. Kind of a sandwiching effect.
So the divider bar doesn't actually bolt to anything. I have the gasket just thought the interior bar with big hole through bottom had a knob to hold it down from what I could see on interior pictures on the net.There is no old wiper motor some of the single wiper motors were in the trunk it had been wrecked and most of the parts were in trunk....thanks
I don't have the old wiper motor just a single motor that was in the trunk along with all the other bits and pieces so nothing actually bolts the bar to the frame or do I need to put some bolt up through dash and secure bar
My '47. Stopped to look at the '46/early'47 that was for sale (the for sale sign on the black car said '47).
The only thing that holds the inside bar is three machine bolts that bolt it through the gasket to the outside divider bar. It just sits on top of the ends of the garnish moldings at the top and bottom to “finish” or conceal the ends. I believe the wiper switch bolts to the dashboard and the shaft of the switch just protrudes through the hole at the bottom and the knob goes on top to finish off the hole. So to answer your question. The bar is only really held on by the three machine screws that are also holding on the outside divider bar
Yes, the wiper motor controller(switch) comes in from under the dash, and through that bottom hole. A nut holds it in place on top of the divider bar. The mirror closes the gap between the top two side of the windshield molding. As Jim states above, 3 machine screws hold the inside molding to the chrome trim outside.
I thought the hole at bottom was for a bolt that would support the center bar in place, that's what I could not figure out, the picture was all I needed to see to get it through my head
Do you have any idea about why I have two slotted holes at the top of each piece of windshield interior garnish trim all the rest are #8 screw holes but these elongated holes are twice the size
Do you mean where the mirror would mount? If so, the mount part of the mirror covers the garnish trim.
Thanks I dug my old garnish mold out and it had a screw hole directly behind slotted hole where they had bolted the garnish up and attached the mirror to the frame of the windshield....My garnish meet butt up and aforementioned holes are 1-1/2 inch apart and mirror is 2-1/2 inches apart so that is why I couldn’t figure out thanks for the input