Deciphering FJ40 Windshield Wiper Blades

Deciphering FJ40 Windshield Wiper Blades

Forty-eight years after the invention of the windshield wiper, Toyota included such items with the introduction of the 1951 Toyota Land Cruiser for the convenience and safety of the driver and passengers. 4-wheeling in the rain should be fun, and Toyota understood this, thus including windshield wipers on the initial release of the Land Cruiser and those following.

The following are FJ40 windshield wiper assemblies:
• 1969 – 08/72 WIPER BLADE ASSY (BO2-W1)
• 09/72 – 01/75 WIPER BLADE ASSY (BO2-W2)
• 01/75 – 08/77 WIPER BLADE ASSY (BO2-W3) 

History of the Windshield Wiper
In 1902, an Alabama woman rode the streetcar on a snowy day while visiting NYC. “She observed that the streetcar driver had to get out and continually clean off the windshield” and had an idea. An application was filed on June 18, 1903. On November 10, 1903, the United States Patent Office awarded Mary Anderson patent number 743,801 for her Window Cleaning Device. Read the whole story.