ben.suffolk
Active Member
Hi Guys,
Today I changed the windscreen wiper motor in my D2 as its was clearly on its way out. It was struggling to turn at slow speed, but ok on quick speed. I didn't want to end up in a situation with lots of rain and the wipers packing in!
Although it generally comes as a full assembly, I found the you can buy just the motor from John Craddock a lot cheaper (£38.85 + VAT). Its not really any more effort to change the motor over into the assembly and it does save around £80 + VAT. I took the assembly out before ordering, just so I was sure there was nothing wrong with that causing the problem. I also took the motor apart to check the brushes etc, but they looked fine.
To get at the motor you have to take off the A post black finishers, and it turns out to do that you write off the trim clips that hold them in place (you knock the centre out and into the A post). So you need to get hold of 6 of these before you start the job. Took me a while to figure what the part number was.
Also found it quite tricky to get the finisher back in, until I took the spring clips off the car, and attached them to the finisher. Then it was very easy to do, just line up and clip into place. GUess they were designed to be done that way, just no mention of that in rave!
Getting the plenum air intake off was also pretty tricky, but it does come out with the bonnet still in place, just remove the rubber side bits, and struggle with it for a while! What I did not realise at first (as its not in rave) was that it has 4 clips that go up under the windscreen, so you need to pull down to release them.
Parts numbers I used :-
Motor : DKD100620M X 1
Clips : 79086L X 6
Hope those part numbers save anybody having to search for them in the future.
Today I changed the windscreen wiper motor in my D2 as its was clearly on its way out. It was struggling to turn at slow speed, but ok on quick speed. I didn't want to end up in a situation with lots of rain and the wipers packing in!
Although it generally comes as a full assembly, I found the you can buy just the motor from John Craddock a lot cheaper (£38.85 + VAT). Its not really any more effort to change the motor over into the assembly and it does save around £80 + VAT. I took the assembly out before ordering, just so I was sure there was nothing wrong with that causing the problem. I also took the motor apart to check the brushes etc, but they looked fine.
To get at the motor you have to take off the A post black finishers, and it turns out to do that you write off the trim clips that hold them in place (you knock the centre out and into the A post). So you need to get hold of 6 of these before you start the job. Took me a while to figure what the part number was.
Also found it quite tricky to get the finisher back in, until I took the spring clips off the car, and attached them to the finisher. Then it was very easy to do, just line up and clip into place. GUess they were designed to be done that way, just no mention of that in rave!
Getting the plenum air intake off was also pretty tricky, but it does come out with the bonnet still in place, just remove the rubber side bits, and struggle with it for a while! What I did not realise at first (as its not in rave) was that it has 4 clips that go up under the windscreen, so you need to pull down to release them.
Parts numbers I used :-
Motor : DKD100620M X 1
Clips : 79086L X 6
Hope those part numbers save anybody having to search for them in the future.
. took me 3 hours to do whole job, and wipers work as they should
