I am currently rebuilding Dino 06998 which is 1973 right hand drive. I am having problems sorting out drive arms and links on wiper motor and slave drive. Can any body help with photos of unit at rest Note my car has wipers which "clap"
Here's my RHD '73 GTS (07412) with the wipers at rest. The blades are non-standard (longer) in the first two shots, but at least this gives you the positioning. Third photo (with the Morgan in the background) has the original-type blades. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Thanks for photos. What I really want is photos showing the actual wiper motor and slave showing the positon of the small levers and arms which work the spindles wiper arms and blades attach to. I removed them for re plating and forgot to record their relative position when wipers are parked. I find on re-assembly wipers arms clash as they move on windscreen
Welcome to the club. Tedious to get it right so that they do not interfere. Disconnect the cable connecting the two wipers. Run the driver side wiper alone. When it is stopped at the parked position, then twist the cable by hand to locate the passenger wiper in an approximately correct position (when parked). Reconnect the cable and start fine tuning until they no longer clash. Jim S.
Good luck. It took me more nearly a year, fiddling between two mechanics, to get my clappers to work reliably. I usually had to remove the passenger arm when it rained, eliciting various comments when I forgot to put it back. They finally worked after the fourth rebuild. Cheers, Julio
Forgive me if this is too obvious but tuning the wipers also requires a spray bottle filled with water. You'll need to spray the windshield again and again to keep it wet enough to run the wipers without them sticking. Cheers...Keith
Keith - yours is an important observation...that is, keeping the windshield wet to avoid taxing the motor or scratching the windshield. In fact, it led me to entertain an invention that was nothing more than a set of wheels (a bit smaller than skateboard wheels) that clipped onto the the glass aspect of the wiper (the rubber strip side). THis would allow the blade to roll across the windshield rather than wipe. THe wheels would be of soft rubber. I did not believe the market was sufficient to justify the cost of production, but one could easily McGuyver their own version with some old skate board wheels or slot-car wheels, a wire hanger, and a little imagination. Jim S.
Neat idea on the wax paper but I'm not sure my wiper motors would have been able to overcome the static energy of the blades on glass, even when wrapped in wax paper! That being said, water, wheels or wax is going to be necessary to keep them running long enough and often enough to tune them. ...Keith
