Date:         Sun, 4 Aug 2002 17:31:56 -0500
Reply-To:     minor35@JUNO.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bill Minor <minor35@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Help! replacing the wiper motor, need advice.
Comments: To: zadar72@yahoo.com
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Don't pull the dash.
You can get at everything either through the glove box from underside or
driver side through the instrument cluster hole, everything else is just
a rod passing through.

Bill M.

On Sun, 4 Aug 2002 16:33:28 -0400 John Tomljenovic <zadar72@YAHOO.COM>
writes:
> So I jumped out the motor and the wipers still ran slow.  When I
> disengaged
> the power it stopped halfway and one of the linkages was exposed.
> Being
> the feely type I grabed at the link and wiggled it some to see how
> loose
> (or not) the bushings were.  there was some stickiness but it worked
> a
> little free.  Resulting in the wipers moving a little guicker.  Good
> news:
> it seems the problem lies in the linkages.  Bad news:  now I will
> have to
> pull the dash.  Oh well,  now I get intimate with "Elsa".
>
> Later................................John
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, 2 Aug 2002 11:29:39 -0400, John Tomljenovic
> <zadar72@YAHOO.COM>
> wrote:
>
> >Awe nuts!
> >
> >I was afraid of that, I was hoping for another way to skin the
> proverble
> >cat but alas was not to be.  My problem with the motor is that it
> is being
> >extremely slow, but another lister emailed me with the idea my
> switches or
> >connections my be bad instead (thanks Andrew Fox!).  So I am going
> to
> >hotwire the motor and see what it does.
> >
> >Thanks........John
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On Fri, 2 Aug 2002 09:23:54 -0400, Kenneth Wilford
> <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
> >wrote:
> >
> >>You have to remove the dash :(
> >>
> >>Sorry,
> >>Ken Wilford
> >>John 3:16
> >>http://www.vanagain.com
> >>Phone: (856)-327-4936
> >>Fax: (856)-327-2242
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On
> Behalf
> >>Of John Tomljenovic
> >>Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 2:32 AM
> >>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >>Subject: Help! replacing the wiper motor, need advice.
> >>
> >>
> >>Hey listers,
> >>
> >>I need to change out the wiper motor on my 83 westie but not sure
> of the
> >>game plan.  When I first looked at the situation it seemed pretty
> >>straightforward, but when I actually started was not so.  there
> seems to
> be
> >>no way to access the mounting plate without remoiving the dash! Am
> I
> >>missing something here?  Unfortunately the bentley I have does not
> cover
> >>this procedure well.  I guess VW had such confidance in their
> wiper motors
> >>that fix for it was not necessary.  Has anyone done this before
> that can
> >>lend some input?  Any response would be great.
> >>
> >>John............
> >
> >Af
>
> So I te
>

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