windscreen wiper motor

[deskpotato]

Hi again guys,
new issue with my mk1 diesel, i had been storing many things on the convenient parcel shelf above the engine bay, jumper cables, spare parts, 5L of rimula x and some old boxer shorts to wipe off the dipstick....unfortunately, i had no idea just how the wiper linkage system and motor works. in short, the boxer shorts became entangled in the wiper motor and linkages and killed it..... i managed to get the motor off and pull it apart and inside is a plastic cog which is all cracked up around the seat that connects it to a small shaft that in turn is connected to the linkages.

i imagine that not many of you would be quite so silly as to do this and may have wrecks with wiper motors that are not required.... if anyone has a spare one, please let me know your price with postage to area code 7052, tasmania along with your bank account details and i will credit your account via netbank.

as you can imagine, tassie isnt the sunniest place in the world and its required asap... beware however, you need a 10mm spanner to get it off and due to its location, its a right b1tch to undo....once you get the incredibly cheap and nasty black plastic cover aside....

also, i know there is a parts wanted page but i thought it might be quicker to post here and by way of circumventing the rules i have added some pics of my new ride.... no rare swallow tail or paintjob, just a very basic mk1 diesel. i thought i had paid too much by paying $750 for it, but given what i have seen advertised on ebay recently, i think i got a bargain.... reco head on it too....


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[Jarred]

I've heard that you can upgrade to a mk 3 wiper motor pretty easily. there was a thread about it somewhere.
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3465098
there it is. I think someone on here has had a crack at it too. you may as well up grade the whole motor, to a faster and younger motor, rather than repairing the old one, for what it'll cost ya.

oh and don't put stuff in the rain tray.... that's what the boot is for!

[deskpotato]

many thanks to you, jarred. i believe i may just attempt this..... will call and get a quote from the dub dealer on one tomorrow...

[Jarred]

get it second hand IMO. PM golf loon, he may have one or two lying around. dealer will charge through the roof i reckon, or bar that try a wrecker.

[deskpotato]

thanks to all who replied, decided to go with jarred's suggestion and have a mk3 motor coming soon thanks to golf loon's cave of vw treasure.....

[jaffa]

I did this changeover at the weekend. Its a bit different to the instructions on the link however.
The main difference is that the Mk3 motor I got has a plastic backing plate, so the backing plates cannot be swapped as in the article. Its even simpler though, just use the Mk3 motor as is. You might need to make a little bracket to support the motor, as the Mk3 motor doesn't have one, otherwise it would bounce around a bit I reckon. Wiring is easy as long as you have a bit of the Mk3 wiring. The wire colours match the Mk 1 loom perfectly.
Speed is better, about 2 seconds a sweep on low speed with the lights on, compared to about 5 before. That might improve if I lube the balljoints, but it seems OK to me, though not as fast as the new Toyota I was following this morning.

[Jarred]

I did this changeover at the weekend. Its a bit different to the instructions on the link however.
The main difference is that the Mk3 motor I got has a plastic backing plate, so the backing plates cannot be swapped as in the article. Its even simpler though, just use the Mk3 motor as is. You might need to make a little bracket to support the motor, as the Mk3 motor doesn't have one, otherwise it would bounce around a bit I reckon. Wiring is easy as long as you have a bit of the Mk3 wiring. The wire colours match the Mk 1 loom perfectly.
Speed is better, about 2 seconds a sweep on low speed with the lights on, compared to about 5 before. That might improve if I lube the balljoints, but it seems OK to me, though not as fast as the new Toyota I was following this morning.

Good to hear. A worthy upgrade then, you'd say?