Turns out the replacement motor was faulty! I obtained a new new one and all is good (apart from the many hours wasted trying to sort out what was wrong!!!). Thanks anyway.

The wiper motor on my 1999 Td5 was making a bad screeching noise (I could feel the noise was coming from the motor when I touched it), so I bought a new OEM motor ( RTC3867) from LR Parts. After swapping the gear etc & re-installing it works on SLOW and FAST with no noise, BUT it won't wipe on...

Sorry for not replying sooner, but I have been waiting for some screws to arrive (goodness, what has happened to the postal service these days!). I have now managed to get everything back together, and it seems that my error was not attaching the lower metal bracket to the upper binnacle...

Hi, First post, so please be gentle :) I have just installed (successfully) a tacho in my 1999 Td5 90 and I am trying to put the dash back in but I am getting stuck with the metal piece that goes above the steering column plastic "box" and the lower edge of the instrument cluster. It seems to...