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[liirge]

hi ya,
i have a Mk1 Wiper motor,believe they are off the old landrovers, im trying to remove it. I know there are a couple of bolts, but the motor has the long small metal pole poking through, but on the end there is a larger round thing on the end were the blades connect to, and i cant get it off, Any ideas>?
so i cant get the motor off...i hope i have expalained this...

Kindest Regards
Alastair

[dklawson]

The square bodied early motors were common to most British cars of the early 1960s. They differ only in the gearing and whether or not the motor is equipped with a "self parking" switch/circuit. The Mk1 Mini should be a simple square motor with a stamped aluminum cover over the gear assembly.

To remove the motor you unplug the wires and remove the three nuts from inside the passenger compartment that will be located behind the dash cards. Back in the engine compartment, remove the hex head screws that hold the aluminum cover on the motor. That will allow you to see pull/remove the tube assembly with the cable/coil-spring passing through it.

I hope this helps.

[liirge]

So the large Round thing that holds the wiper blade on cant be removed speratly?

[dklawson]

So the large Round thing that holds the wiper blade on cant be removed speratly?

Sorry, I don't' follow that.

The wiper arm goes on a splined shaft passing through the scuttle into the engine bay. On the bottom of the scuttle is an assembly called a wheelbox. The wheelbox is like a gear in an enclosure. A cable with a spring wrapped around it goes back and forth inside the aluminum guide tubes and drives the gear inside the wheelbox to make the arms oscillate.

If you want to remove the wiper arms, there is a little spring clip to relieve and then the arms pull off the splined shafts of the wheelboxes.

If you want to remove the wheelboxes, first remove the wiper arms. Then, below the scuttle you'll find a couple of bolts that hold the aluminum tubes to the wheel boxes. You can loosen those screws to extract the aluminum tubes and eventually... the cable with the spring on it. Lastly, remove the big hex nut from the wiper side of the wheelbox and push the splined shaft down through the scuttle panel.

On the motor itself.... from memory, once you lift off the aluminum cover, there is a pin or clip holding the cable with the spring to an arm driven by the plastic gear. You remove the clip/pin and loosen a jam nut holding the aluminum tube to the wiper housing. This should allow you to lift the aluminum tube and drive cable off the motor.

I hope that clarifies what you were asking about.

[m1n1]

I think you may have the wrong end of the stick..

I take it in your moke the windscreen wiper unit, just like the landrover is a small compact motor, held on by two through bolts, with the wiper spindle going through the middle?

The large round thing, yes that is supposed to come off! There are two types tho -
the type for splined arms is held on by a small bolt - [attachment=52348:ca395.jpg]

the other has a sort of a collar on, and that screws into the wiper arm and clamps onto the spindle

[liirge]

Thankyou Everyone
m1n1, Thats what the thing looks like, but it doesnt have that small bolt
A screw u say...is it absolutely tiny, because i cant find anythng of the sort!!

[dklawson]

That's interesting. If you can... post a picture of what this looks like installed.

It never occurred to me that you had a Moke. I'm sure my text was of little or no use. Sorry.

[liirge]

dklawson, it was extremely informative, and i love to learn about all things mini!!
Yer i will try and take a picture tomorrow, if you check the Complete mini Rebuild section, mines "Morris the Mini Moke"
i dont know if you will find a picture on there of the window wiper thing that goes onto the spindle
Thanks for all your help

[m1n1]

Thankyou Everyone
m1n1, Thats what the thing looks like, but it doesnt have that small bolt
A screw u say...is it absolutely tiny, because i cant find anythng of the sort!!

well thats odd! perhaps it has sheared off in the past? Had these unions on my series one landrover with lucas wiper motors, and also on a later series 3.. quite a common part i believe. You can always grind it off and buy another online if need be.

[liirge]

m1n1...hmmm not a bad ideA, i will try and get a close up picture on tomorrow!!

[liirge]

Hope these help,
in the photos, that rusty thing that looks like a screw, has no head for a scrwdriver to pick up!




On the 3rd photo, can see the kinda collar thing towards the lens?