Worst day of my life????????

[muphy]

Every week my car gets cleaned and chamoised but today as I was finished with the clean bit, it started raining. As I pulled away, hit the wiper switch and zip. No movement, no noise no nothing.

I know that the repair is a dash out job so thankfully as I planned a full interior refurb over this winter, it is not such a big deal but I could have done with out this

if I were french I guess I would say C'est La Vie but as I'm not, it's more like "fcuk it"

M

[RRHANS]

Don't know if you have the new dash, but if you do its relativly easy.

If you remove the insrument panel you can get the wiper motor out.

It was not the nightmare job as I thought it would be.

If you remove the nut holding the wipermotor and the flexible shaft together, you can easely remove it through the instrument panel hole.

[KevW]

http://s511.photobucket.com/albums/s355 ... =slideshow

[amarshall]

http://s511.photobucket.com/albums/s355 ... =slideshow

Kevin, could you write it up properly for technical articles please ? (just waiting for the day I need to do that)

[KevW]

I can't take credit for the slideshow Angus. It was created by Hodders. Wiper motor removal is a job I've not had to tackle.

[smithersoli]

If you think thats bad luck??

I have spent 2 years rebuilding my Excel engine as a performance engine with parts from Mike Taylor. Finally got it all running perfectly two weeks ago after a minor issue setting fire to the foam filter due to a backfire (ignition timing was out), prepared it for the mot and was driving it there, doing some light runnning in at the same time when the brand new hose and hoseclip to my brand new, oil to water intercooler failed dumping 9 litres of oil on the road in rapid time and seizing the bottom end!

Am gutted as thats two years and a lot of investment down the drain ( i also have a week to move it from its temporary home!)

Not managed to get the engine out yet, but if the crank or block is badly damaged I might have to break the car for parts as not sure I can afford to fix it again!

Windscreen motor can be done in under two hours if you have small hands.

Ol

[hodders]

In addition to the procedure in the screenshow - take the steering wheel off, adds a few minutes but much easier.

[amarshall]

Useful link showing how to take the motor apart and leave the wheelbox in place (from a Scimitar site)

http://www.scimitarweb.co.uk/~donkenned ... Wipers.htm

I'll let you work out, for yourself, why I've been looking at this.

[AndyC]

I'm guessing the AB14 module has been receiving less verbal abuse than another component.

[Hawaiis0]

I take it there is history related to wiper motors, but first I would at least check the fuse and supply before ripping a dash out.

[amarshall]

I'm guessing the AB14 module has been receiving less verbal abuse than another component.

Just had a couple of "park in the middle of the screen" moments when switching off from slowest intermittent wipe. I'm adopting the Baden-Powell approach.