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General Category => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: AMBO351 on September 09, 2014, 03:55:58 PM
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any ideas how to remove wiper motor without pullin whole dash, heater,steering wheel off. I have power to and from the switch but the wipers went from slow to stop, next step would be the motor i assume, any pointers on how to get at that sucker would be appreciated.
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Wiper motor complete with mechanism slides out towards the left hand side so no need to remove anything on the driver's side. You may be able to wiggle it past the heater box but you will need to remove the plastic air hoses attached to the heater box. It all depends on whether you are running a standard engine cover or something different to cover a bigger engine. A bigger engine cover may need to be removed to give you sufficient clearance otherwise its out with the heater unit I'm afraid.
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Thanks Gordon, looks like its out with the heater, will let you know how it goes ;D
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All the best Ambo. I'm guessing that you are going to upgrade to a more modern wiper motor while you have the unit out. I used a Ford XB unit and it made the world of difference. More powerful and a lot quieter.
Do yourself a favour and put some sealant between the body and the angled plastic inserts that go on the wiper spindles before the big locking nuts when you assemble everything. The original rubber gaskets are probably badly perished and this is a common place for water leaks. You would be amazed at how much water enters the cab through the wiper spindles.
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Got everything out , heater box and ducts, located wiper motor which does not look original and it appears everything has been apart before, after looking on how to remove motor found a broken earth wire to the motor, re connected the wire and" bingo " wipers work fine. Then after a couple of hours and a lot of swearing got it all back together, with sealant around wiper spindles, thanks for your help Gordon, cheers
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Well done Ambo. Look on the bright side ... at least you know its a good motor and everything is nice and water tight. The standard Bedford wiper motors are pretty poor performers.
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By the way, where are you based Ambo ?
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near Port Macquarie NSW
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Hey Ambo Anywhere near Telegraph Point
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yeah mate, just up the road, Kundabung. Been to the tele point pub a few times. Hope to get the bedford blueslipped soon and drive down there for a few coldies.
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Well were just along from the pub next to the 2 old shops Drop in & say hi
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Gordon is it a straight forward swap for the XB setup?? or a bit of mucking around?? also maybe a good upgrade tutorial.
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Hi LS120, just noticed that I made a typo in my posting. It was a Ford Fairmont EB wiper motor that I used not an XB.
I based my conversion on an original forum post done by Rouge Trooper a few years back so all credit to him. Here is a link to his original post that included pictures. Hope this helps.
http://www.buga.com.au/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=2&topic=137.msg1070#msg1070 (http://www.buga.com.au/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=2&topic=137.msg1070#msg1070)
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I found the Holden VX unit bolted straight up, flea bay for $25
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That sounds like an even better option Graham.
The only thing that I couldn't figure out with the Ford one was how to wire it up to get the automatic park feature working.
Did you get this right with the Holden option?
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Yes, it works exactly the same as the original Bedi unit, but heaps more grunt and there are easy to get, I did some bench testing first to work out the wiring
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I've had the same results with the earlier commodore units, the plug was identical to the Bedford as where the wiring pin outs!
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So Sammy, you reckon that you didn't even have to play with the wiring in your instance, the plug on the Holden motor matched the Bedford with no wiring changes required and your wipers automatically return to the parked position when you switch them off ? Are you running a standard Bedford wiper switch too ?
Yikes now you've got me excited. Can you remember which Holden you got your unit from ?
Mine currently stop at the exact position that they were in when I switch them off. Its bloody irritating.
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Mines also running the Holden VN-VP wiper motor, using the Holden switch though...
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well i have a complete VS commodore wiring loom in my bedford with the steering column and such to suit, i also had a VN and VR wiper motor assembly in the shed.... The VS has a square plug, two rows of pins, so i cut the VR plug off another loom i have, added lugs to plug it into the VS plug and went colour for colour then plugged it into the bedford wiper motor still up under the dash and it all worked...
i don't have the bedford loom anymore to see what its colours are but i can tell you they were in the right order on the VR loom plug and the plug was identical to a bedford plug.
and yes i tap the wiper stalk, it goes up and down and parks at the bottom of the window every time, and even goes intermittantly every 5 seconds or whatever it is, and then the two speeds work as normal for a commodore.
i haven't yet tried to fit the commodore motor to the bedford but from what others have said this is pretty straight forward ....
im happy to provide you more information if you need it just let me know what you want ?
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Thanks for the additional info Sammy.