for got how to spell Mechanic sorry.

Christian

 

Two hours?? Geez. I figured it was an unbolt, unplug type fix? What is the difficulty?? "Mein" car is outside tonight (in the rain), so I can't pop the hood and see where the motor is located in there...

 

Sorry, Im not good a spelling english, however since I have been taking pronunciation classes for over 2 years I can speak it very well. Moving on, that was exactly my point, the Wiper motor pretty much is an un bolt, un plug type deal. So if you dont do it yourself make sure you get a quote first I hate to see you getting ripped off again.

Christian

 

Just messing with you Christian! You spell in English WAY better than I spell in German!

Thanks for the advice--I'm getting list approval before I get ANYTHING done by a mechanic from now on!

 

Oh, you will be glad to hear I just bought a new shifter lever. The shifter is now as as tight as your S2 (or at least when I drove it)

Christian

 

Good news! Your shift lever was pretty much shot when I drove your car! You're doing some MAJOR work to your car...hope it all goes back together OK for you! Good luck!

 

I hope I get it together soon. I allready ordered all the engine rebuild parts. Hopefully they will arrive soon as I really dont like driving a rented mini van in the interim.

Christian

 

I will get it off to you tomorrow and we can argue about it at the Hut . Car is a + , just for parts , don't know how good , but what the hell, try it. Todays greatest worry , a w/w motor. Need your addy.

 

Post 85.5 wiper motor replacements are a PITA!

You have to remove the air box to get the whole assembly out.

BUT!

You don't have to take the whole assembly out to replace the motor!

If you unbolt the two through shafts the blades are on and the bracket mount then kind of push the pivots down and pull the bracket up a little you can get to the motor.

Be darn careful NOT to crack the windshield!

Once the replacement motor is in and before you hook it to the linkage, run the wipers and let them park. Then put the primary crank arm on loosely in it's parked position (you did make a note of that when you took it apart) and put the wiper blades back on in their parked possition. Hint: The primary crank arm and it's immediate link should be straight across.

 

I sent you a PM George!

SoCal- Sounds like a PITA job...At worst, I'll have someone do it for me.

 

I think you can do it Andy. Just need a bit of care. My 83 is much easier but then the fresh air flow sucks.

 

OK so I'm hijacking this thread a bit. Speaking of wipers, so what's the deal when they won't automatically return to their "rest" position when I switch them off. This is something new that started happening yesterday what I happened to get caught in the rain. I need to switch off my windshield wipers exactly when they reach the bottom of the windshield.

 

Do they kind of jump at the park possition then continue on?

Non parking can be the column switch, the circular contacts in the wiper motor or the relay.

 

No not at all. The wiper arms work smoothly while they are in operation. There is no noticable jumping.

 

That is when you select the "off" position on the wiper column switch and the wipers come to the "home" location.