1800: P1800 Headlamp wiper -Help please

[smedith]

Hi All

I am new to this forum, so please excuse me if I ask a daft question.

I am looking for information about the rotating headlamp wipers fitted to some P1800s.

I have seen a picture of them on a car at this web site



Does any one have any details of these? May be a section from a Volvo manual or parts book? How do they operate? are they direct motors or driven by a cable system?

If any one has a complete set, NOS, used, broken or parts I would be very interested. Or even some pointers on were to look for a set.

I am not sure, but they may have been an option or fitted in just one country. They may also have been fitted to other Volvos.

As I said, any and all help is most welcome.

Thanks in advance for reading and any and all help

regards

Neil

[123GT-AMAZON]

welcome to the forum neil

never have i seen them fitted to any 1800 or amazon im guessing its a aftermarket or from another vendor which has been fitted to that car in pic funny looking i think but members here have a lot of knowledge you may be right and it was fitted in one country so will watch this thread in the hope i learn something new come on folks someone is going to surprise us here im sure derek i bet thats you hehe

[smedith]

Thanks for the very fast response. I found the picture on this site
http://www.volvotips.com/index.php/g.../volvo-museum/
Which is apparently the Volvo museum.
I would like to say thanks to the person that took the pictures and I hope they dont mind me posting the link

Neil

[940_Turbo]

They came as a kit, headlights with the stud bonded to them, the drive motor and the 2 cables, there was a bag for washer fluid and a washer pump and a load of wiring. Every now and then you do see a kit appear.

They can be fitted to 140, 120 and 1800.

Someone on here did have a kit, but they lacked the headlights and without the bonded stud the kit would need some engineering to make it functional.

[smedith]

Hi

Thanks for the very useful information.

If anyone knows who had the set for possible sale, with or with out the headlamps I would be very grateful if you can point me to them.

Thanks again

Neil

[tdz840]

Originally Posted by smedith

Thanks for the very fast response. I found the picture on this site
http://www.volvotips.com/index.php/g.../volvo-museum/
Which is apparently the Volvo museum.
I would like to say thanks to the person that took the pictures and I hope they dont mind me posting the link

Neil

I think it was me that took the pic late last year when I was in Gothenburg with work.
I spent some tme looking at the mechanism , it had a drive similar to a speedo cable which I presume went back to the drive motor Peter mentioned.
It looked kinda neat which in practise wouldnt be used a lot
Russ

[smedith]

Hi

Thanks for the post. I am very happy that you took such a good picture. I hope you don't mind me using it.

If you have any idea who may have a set that they might sell I would be very grateful if you could put me in touch

Thanks again

Neil

[smedith]

Hi

I am still looking for any and all help in locating either a set of cable driven wipers, parts, manuals. Well, anything would help.

Thanks

Neil

[123GT-AMAZON]

Originally Posted by smedith

Hi

I am still looking for any and all help in locating either a set of cable driven wipers, parts, manuals. Well, anything would help.

Thanks

Neil

if you have not heard anything by the time the enfield pagent comes round then i would try there its normaly around april time i belive as its a very good source to get these kind of parts from hope thats of help

[Wulff]

Hi Neil,

welcome to the forum and Happy New Year.

I recognice these from a pair which my dad had laying around in the early 80'ies which he had intended to fit to his 544. We also had a 144 GL -74 which had original wipers fitted and as far as I know those that you show above were an option on the 164 and 140 series prior to '74 when a more integrated solution was available.

n.b. this is based on Denmark/Scandinavia in the early days where headlamp washers/wipers became a regulatory requirement if I remember correctly.

I have never seen any of these since then but would suggest you try to frequent www.tradera.com which is a Swedish equivalent to ebay (hope you can manage a bit of our Scandihooligan.. ;-) )

http://www.tradera.com/amazon-c3_302...modeOverride=1

John