Ok, I've got a chebbie big block in my '68 F'bird (hey, I just got it and will get rid of the chebbie engine, ok?) and can't get the driver's side valve cover off b/c there's something in the way jutting out from the firewall. I'm guessing that what's jutting out is the wiper motor or parts thereof. If so, looks like there are 3 or so bolts holding this on. Here's what I'm trying to figure out - can I just unbolt these 3 or so bolts and slide this out of the way, or are parts going to go flying everywhere if I unbolt this? Just trying to figure out how involved this will be. Need to put a new valve cover gasket on that side and also need to adjust the valves, so it's got to come off.

Thanks!

Scott

just pray the bolts dont snap off in the firewall, and dont lose the ground strap.
i dont know if you need the cowl off or not to disconnect the arm, but if you can get the bolts loose, you might just be able to move it enough to get the valve-cover out without disconnecting the wiper-arm... maybe?

Should be no need to remove the cowl.Take the three bolts out as Scott mentioned and you will have access to the arm nut, remove that and pull the assembly out as a whole.Reverse the procedure to re-install.

David

Thanks for the info. I'll give it a shot.

Scott

Good news: Wiper motor came out just like you said - unbolted three bolts, then was able to unbolt motor from the arm.

Bad news: Wiper motor was very hard to turn by hand; it was working, but very slow, so I figured it was going bad and needed to be taken apart. Of course, when I took it apart, something broke inside. Sh*t. Oh, well, a new motor is only $108 at Year One...

Scott

Good to hear Scott you at least got it out.

David

AutoZone will get you a rebuilt wiper motor for $50. I just got one.

OK, it had a cheezy paintjob I had to redo yesterday, but it looked good when I was done.

Lifetime replacement warranty, too.