Anyone got any advice on a suitable wiper motor and mechanism for a coupe?
My current one is Ford of unknown parentage and has gone pop.

I was thinking about Citroen AX/C15 van - but any other pointers would be appreciated.

I used a Pacet rear wiper conversion motor on mine. It's completely self contained and has a self park built in. The only problem seems to be that it's a bit flimsy for the large arm and blade needed on a front screen.

You could try looking at rear wiper motors from most modern hatchbacks. They are mostly quite compact and all have self park mechanisms built in.

I got one from the single wiper AX. I've stripped it from it's nasty looking bracket and I'll be mounting it onto a pair of aluminium brackets. You get multi speeds and it goes fast enough to sweep the whole screen. One of my flea bay purchases!!

Mine's from a Mini. A standard front motor with a shortened bundy and just one wheel-box.

Iain

Here's the new install - Citroen AX with the nasty bracket - I don't think it looks too bad, though it is a bit big for what it does.

I removed the bracket and have made some ali ones. What is the sweep like? I can't tell until the screen goes in.

Perfick - Exactly right.

What arm did you use? Does it stay in contact with the screen at the edges, or come off a bit?

I used my original one as it fitted, but it's almost exactly the same as the AX one. It will need a bit of a bend to set it better against the glass.

I thought I would revive this topic rather than start something new on wipers. Just some simple questions.

1. Am I right in saying its the wheel box not the motor which decides the sweep angle?
2. Is the two speed contolled by the motor, the switch or some electics in between?
3. Self park is part of the motor mechanism/connections.

Just looking at sorting out what's currently only partially working on my Mk.1.

1. Yes. A regular thing is to rotate the nylon primary wheel thru 180deg so that it uses fresh part of gear.
2. Switch has 2 positions - motor has 2 control wires and an ignition switched live wire. (see below.)
3. Yes, but unless the motor is wired exactly right the self park makes the entire loom go doolally. IIRC to power the self park the motor has a permanent feed, the wiper switch creates the circuit thru the negative legs.