Wipers stopped today

[glen]

WORKING NOW

Nut come off motor found nut with magnet/mirrow behind metal panel under plastic trim

Not to hard to repair just fiddly, One screw in middle two press popers each end screwdriver prise up pop out, rubber Bulk head seal for bonnet press poppers holds plastic trim

Take wipers off undo nuts used a small pulley to brake seal solid, pop came off ater using pulley

Small panel wipper motor side undo 5 screws

Nut in cavity

Set wipper bracket stright put nut back on, no space small Hands magnet to pick up

Test before re-assembly you might have too move arm were nut tightens
wiper was dropping to low, test with passenger wiper only.

I had to undo all again to move wipper bracket again,so Test before re-assembly

Might help someone else

Glen

 

[solarman216]

first time I have heard of the nut coming off, well done to fix it, Rick

 

[glen]

Yes

Did think fuse relay,had gone its commom when your wippers are stuck with snow Ice, when you switch on it causes nut to work loose it could have been on its last thread for weeks My fault bad habbit turn engine off before wippers,next day switch on stuck to screen rush to move them. This morning nut fell off.

Glen

 

[zippy656]

Happend to mine too

I was just out of hospital so took a fewdays to sort it.

 

[quixote]

My wipers stopped suddenly this morning, funnily enough. Motor's still operating, and the linkage is in one piece as both still move in synch, so I think I might've lost the nut too. Having read this I can't think of anything else it could be :nenau

 

[rustic]

first time I have heard of the nut coming off, well done to fix it, Rick

Now you have heard of three in one day.

We had a new MkIII escort back in 1983, the wipers stopped working, the nut had come loose, but had escaped to the road somewhere, it was early morning we made it to a garage forecourt.. garage was closed... I looked down, and on the floor by my feet was a rusty old nut.. I thought... that looks a similar size to the one I lost... 2 minutes later, tightened up... we were on our way.

Stayed as it was when we sold the car too.
The nut probably relies on a taper on the shaft, so probably isn't tightened that much, and it should really have a shake proof washer or a nylock nut, but hey... this is another component to stock, handle and fit.

In the days of new car ownership, I used to enjoy lifting the edges of the carpet during any rewire jobs or tow bar fitting, to see what goodies the car assemblers left behind, nuts, bolts, spring panel clips, plastic clips, at least you knew they would be replacement parts for your car.:augie
Ford then British Leyland offered the best parts, although if British Leyland, then you probably need the clip somewhere, as they dropped it and couldn't be a***d to use a replacement, and just left the trim loose...:doh
Ford were more affluent, and had excess parts, mind you, I wouldn't want the last car of a batch..:lol

 

[quixote]

What an utter, utter pig of a job! Stripping everything back was easy enough, but 1 10mm socket has disappeared into the bulkhead forevers, as did 3 replacement nuts. Then tightening the darn thing up needed an extra wrist, before discovering that the rubber securing clips wouldn't re-engage in the holes. Job's done, and I have to say I'm glad to see the back of it. If that nut comes off again I'm cutting an access hole :sly