Replacing a wiper motor

[ignotus]

Sleam,

It is not as hard as it looks, the nut(#5 marks first post) holding the cable in place on the top needs to be loose to turn the motor to access the cover plate. In Marks second post you can see right by the #7 to the right is the cable end which goes over the stud on #4. The biggest thing in reassembly is having the #4 in the same position as the wipers otherwise the cable will appear too short/long. You might as well clean out the old grease and put in some new. I used Phil Wood bicycle grease in mine. HTH

[IIA]

Where'd you find those great diagrams? I don't see them in the Green Bible.
Also, does anyone know a good place to get replacements for the washers? The one under the circlip on mine has a groove worn in it.

[siii8873]

I was thinking just the opposite--If I had known it was this easy, I would have removed it and cleaned/lubed my cable a long time ago. I thought you had to take off the upper dash and remove the wiper spindle wheelboxes also, which would have been a HUGE PITA.

As it is, you just pull the wiper arms off and yank the cable through.

Mark, SIII set up is much more difficult to get at the boxes due to the dash arrangement. SII's are much easier to get at the parts.

[SafeAirOne]

Where'd you find those great diagrams? I don't see them in the Green Bible.

If you mean the ones I posted at the beginning of this thread, I just took them right out of the SIII Workshop Manual (NOT the "Haynes" thing!). Electrical section, I think.

Mark, SIII set up is much more difficult to get at the boxes due to the dash arrangement. SII's are much easier to get at the parts.

True, but I don't believe you really have to get at the wheelboxes to remove/reinstall the cable, so long as you remove the wiper arms, if I'm understanding the instructions correctly.