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Sept 9, 2011 16:50:48 GMT
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nofrills
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Sept 9, 2011 16:56:52 GMT
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I have been wanting to do this to my wagon too, i have heard that you can use your standard wiper motor on most cars and just play with the linkage, cut and re-weld or drill new holes, i was also told that a fiat panda wiper motor is a good bet as the wiper bolts straight to it but have never tried one so not a 100% sure on that
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bl1300
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Sept 9, 2011 17:04:51 GMT
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I would have thought that for something like a sierra a merc 190 wiper motor and arm would be easier as the windscreens are going to be a similar size.
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1967 DAF 44
1974 VW Beetle 1303s
1975 Triumph Spitfire MkIV
1988 VW LT45 Beavertail
1998 Volvo V70 2.5
1959 Fordson Dexta
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ChrisT
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Sept 9, 2011 17:22:29 GMT
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I've done this to the manta, converting the original wiper mechanism. It's a long time since I did it but I'll try and remember.... It's a case of removing the ball joint from the motor arm, lengthening it and working out where the ball joint needs to be moved to - I did that by moving the wiper to one side of the screen and the motor arm to it's corresponding position, marking where the ball joint socket from the wiper arm falls on the motor arm, then moving it over to the other side of the screen, doing the same and then fitting the ball joint between the two marks. I think that's how I did it  Wiper isn't mounted quite central, used an arm with a slight kink so it sits slightly up at the passenger side and flat on the drivers side.  |
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barty
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Sept 9, 2011 18:45:11 GMT
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I'm not sure but i think the fiat punto is the popular route, think it come with 2 speeds and intermittent a usefull upgrade to an older car
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mk2cossie
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Sept 9, 2011 19:59:35 GMT
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AX motor would probably be the simplest unit to fit, just make sure it doesnt park up the screen  (MOT fail if it does  ) otherwise its a case of working out were to mod the current setup, providing one of the wiper arms is in the middle of the scuttle panel to start with  |
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Sept 9, 2011 21:14:23 GMT
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AX motor would probably be the simplest unit to fit, just make sure it doesnt park up the screen (MOT fail if it does ) Fail in general if it does. Look at the ones up there and how bad they look with the wiper parked up the screen... |
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Sept 9, 2011 22:07:53 GMT
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the mercedes W201, W124, W202 and W210 all have a single wiper mechanism which extends the wiper arm to reach the corners of the screen.
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craig1010cc
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Sept 10, 2011 9:08:57 GMT
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I did this many moons ago on my mk2 fiesta. basicly on the wiper pivot (bit that the arm bolts onto) there is a ball joint that the linkage connects to. I removed this and repositioned it slightly further up the pivot (on the fiesta it was raised about 10mm and this gave me about 170deg sweep  ) Best bet, grab a scrap mech for your car and have a play with it. Keep thinking about doing it on the passat |
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Sept 10, 2011 14:22:46 GMT
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Works ok as long as you sit low enough to see out of the wiped bit, sit on the passenger side and work the wipers, if your looking through the dirty bit just give up, its a mod for short arses or racing seats bolted straight to the floor only unless you fit the wonky linkage from a merc.
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craig1010cc
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Sept 10, 2011 15:52:35 GMT
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What I found helped was to fit as long a blade as possible (I'm 6ft and was using stock fiesta seats). at the end of the day it wont be any worse than a BX
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Sept 10, 2011 16:08:55 GMT
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What I found helped was to fit as long a blade as possible (I'm 6ft and was using stock fiesta seats). at the end of the day it wont be any worse than a BX BX screen is a different shape to a Sierra one, much more "square" blade is about 6" longer so can wipe more of the screen, if you go to long on the blade on a rectangular screen the blade hits the top rubber and gets damaged so that it don't wipe very well on the ends, which is where you need it working really well on a single wiper system. Has been done by a lot of people so it cant be that bad, but I'm tall and have owned alot of BL cars with stupid wrong way round wipers, makes life irritating when its raining, especially at night, choice between a sore neck or dazzled eyes usually. |
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Sept 10, 2011 18:53:32 GMT
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Cheers for the advice all. If all else fails it means buying new front seats with lower mounts |
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