Wiper Motor Woes

[Rusty's Uncle]

The wiper motor just stopped working last week. No warning but as it has been on the car for 39 years & the car has covered over 100.000 miles so I should not be surprised. Did not look forward to the job mainly because of the very tight location up behind the fuel tank. I have a factory workshop manual which seems to say zilch about getting the motor off so it was a case of just undoing things then after blood , sweat & expletives got the old one off and replaced it with a good used 126 one which was identical. Sadly the wiper arm boxes are different as mine are a bit worn and the 126 ones do not fit. Blew one fuse when the spanner shorted out on the fuse box & one circlip went it's own way. I also found it impossible to refit the motor on it's bracket so got the bracket and linkage loosely in place then worked in the motor 

[Pete126]

So are they working again? Its a wonder you got your sausage fingers under there

[bis13]

pete he might of sandwiched them in.....

[Darrell]

With the above description, think I had better hang-on to my spare wiper motor etc.

[Rusty's Uncle]

  Yeah there was not mushroom in there but once I squeezed my chipolatas in there I did fry my hardest. There was no one to egg me on but once I got my hands dirty , they were # brown , I was soon bacon the task and the job was toast. Not yolking I am grilled with the result and full of beans  

Full english anybody or will it be continental ?  

[Pete126]

Nar I'll stick to Cornflakes

[Rusty's Uncle]

Wise move Darrell , I see that Ricambio are selling new wiper motors for just over £100 inc postage & that is just the basic motor , no fixings etc. I had a look inside my old motor and I can see that the brushes were worn out otherwise it all looks good.