Marcos Maniacs

Hi Bob,
 
 
>I have been looking for the correct wiper motor for my car also.  I 
>broke the park sensor mounting tab which means I have to manually 
>turn the switch off at the correct time.  That is they will not go to 
>rest position when you switch them off.  No big deal, I can do that.  
 
Come to think of it, I didn't see one of those on this motor either. If
there is a park sensor on it, it isn't working because I also have to
turn off the switch at just the right time as well.

>The 120 degrees is the 
>actual sweep arc of the wipers and 120 is what is in my car.  The 
>actual sweep drive gear is bout 3.5 to 4 inches in diameter.  Is that 
>what you have now?
 
Thanks for clearing that up! The gearing in there right now is the 105
and that's why I'm concerned.
Not only is the arc not quite enough to completely cover the windshield,
I think that the 105 is possibly the cause of my problem.
 
Jeff Caraway
#8052 1984 V6 GT


 


--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "Jeff Caraway" <DovenWolf@c...> wrote:
> Hi All,
> I finally got my replacement wiper motor in this weekend, but am not
> sure that it is quite right.
> It moves fairly slow and almost grinds to a halt on a dry 
windshield,
> and the "high" speed is even worse and can barely move.
> It acts OK with the wiper arms off or on a wet windshield, but I 
still
> wonder if it is right.
> I used a replacement motor that was sent to me. It looked the same, 
but
> the origin of the motor is unknown. The only real difference I did
> notice is that the main gear in the original has 120 degrees 
stamped on
> it and the replacement had 105 degrees. At first I though this was a
> position marker for the gears, however the more I think about it, I 
am
> lead to believe that the number indicates the arc that the wipers 
will
> follow.
> Now, if this is the case, would the 120degree gears have more 
torque and
> cover more of the windshield than the 105?
> Or, could it actually be a weaker motor even though that part looked
> exactly the same?
> I am leaning towards changing the gears because I wouldn't think 
that
> they (Lucas) would radically change a 14W motor for each 
application.
>  
> Can anyone add their opinion/ knowledge/ experience?
>  
> I'd really like some second opinions before I go ripping the whole 
lot
> back out to change the gears.
>  
> Thanks,
> Jeff Caraway
> #8052 1984 V6 GT





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