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WANTED: Front wiper motor
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:53 pm
by endorfin
My wiper motor has been very sluggish, I checked under the scuttle cover and found this:
Anyone got a spare in good working order? I understand that one off a Xantia can also be used? Can you replace just the motor or does it have to tbe the whole linkage?
Re: WANTED: Front wiper motor
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:45 pm
by ds21
I`ll have a spare one later this week - I`ve just got to swap the one in our estate first.
We`re in Glos area.
Cheers
Re: WANTED: Front wiper motor
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 11:51 pm
by endorfin
Thank you.
I'm going to the scrapyard in the morning to see if the XM there has one, or a Xantia, if I'm not successful I'll come back to you.
Re: WANTED: Front wiper motor
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 2:11 pm
by endorfin
The wiper motor off the scrap XM looks brand new. Must have been replaced in the cars lifetime so gonna try fitting that and see how I get on.
Re: WANTED: Front wiper motor
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 3:36 pm
by Dieselman
Mine all look like new and are 20 years old. Yours must have had water leaking onto it at some stage.
Re: WANTED: Front wiper motor
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 4:05 pm
by kenhall
From what I remember of the last look in my XM scuttle area the wiper motor is enclosed in an elasticated? heavy duty plastic 'bag' to protect it from the worst of the elements.
Ken
Re: WANTED: Front wiper motor
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 6:54 pm
by endorfin
Yeah mine was in one of these bags too...I originally thought I'd discovered something hidden in the scuttle panel!
Nevertheless it was still rusted to buggery so water must have been getting in somehow. I'm going to spray some waxoyl on the new one before putting the bag on as an extra precaution.