Wipers and motor

Today I got the windscreen wipers, the wiper linkage, the wiper motor and washer pump installed.

First the washer pump was mounted to the wiper motor. The replacement looked a little different to the original, but it works fine. I had to remove the plastic cover to find a second mounting point on this wiper motor. I reused the original connecting linkage

The original mounting points on the car was shot. The previous bolts had rusted themselves in pretty good so had to be drilled out. It seems I didn’t finish that job 10 years ago so I finished it today. I enlarged the holes and used a new locking nut on the back.

The wiper linkage was in pretty good shape, I had to re-tap one of the threaded mount holes but the rest just needed a quick lick of paint.

It took me a while to figure out how the washer jets mounted. They are secured by a square tab that passes up through a slot in the cowl panel… Then the cowl went back on with new seals installed.

The new chrome wipers were the final step.

The hood-cowl seal makes the bonnet (hood) sit a bit high in the back but hopefully that’s an easy fix on the hinge mounts. The car could really do with a wash…

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