[DeTomaso] Wiper arm

[Boyd Casey]

Originally I had attempted to refurbish my wiper motor due to it's sluggish
performance.I had opened the wiper motor and cleaned out solidified grease
and sand and  everything was going smoothly until I decided too remove the
electric motor armature and the brushes disintegrated. . So I started
looking for a replacement when I found the triumph wiper motor. I guess I
was just lucky that both of them were the same. They both have PARK with an
arrow pointing to the right.
Aside from the Triumph having a shorter cable the internal gear, worm ear
and connecting rod appeared to be the same. In spite of the fact that  the
drive components in my original wiper motor appeared to be the same as in
the Triumph wiper motor I decided to keep all the drive components from the
Pantera and switch them into the triumph wiper motor  just to be on the
safe side.
Boyd


On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com>wrote:

> Yes wiper motor is a Lucas 14W model as fitted to Triumph, Jaguar, MGB,
> Land Rover and other British cars of the era. they can be had with varying
> degrees of sweep from 90 to 130 in 5 degree increments, the Pantera uses a
> 95 degree. Typically either your electrical motor (brushes usually) give
> out or the plastic gear splits. I have a few plastic gears left from NOS
> stock I bought from a warehouse closing down, you can use these in
> combination with your existing sweep arm to retain correct coverage.
>
> I didn't know the park side was stamped on the casing, but either way the
> side the wipers park can be changed by simply moving the plastic park cam
> 180 degrees to the other side of the gear.
>
> Stafford Vehicle Components in the UK is good source for any Lucas wiper
> parts you may require.
>
> http://www.s-v-c.co.uk/search/?query=14w&x=35&y=10&records=6
>
> Julian
>
> > From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> > Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 11:02:38 -0400
> > To: boyd411 at gmail.com
> > CC: detomaso at poca.com; pantera at austin.rr.com
>
> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Wiper arm
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 7/5/13 7 45 12, boyd411 at gmail.com writes:
> >
> >
> > > I don't know if it has any bearing on the wiper arms , but he wiper
> > > motors are made by Lucas. I was looking for a replacement and prices
> for a
> > > Pantera wiper motor  were in the $200 range. I found  a replacement
> from a
> > > Triumph on Ebay for $15.00, ( I needed to use my own old drive cable
> ), the
> > > Triumph cable was shorter.
> > >
> >
> > >>>Note that although externally the various motors are the same, they
> can
> > differ internally, which changes the amount they rotate. The drive gear
> > cover is stamped with an arrow (showing the directio that the wipers
> park,
> > either left or right) and a part number. So while it's possible that a
> motor
> > from a different car is a direct replacement, it's also possible that
> you'd
> > have to swap over the drive gear or something, in order to get the
> desired
> > sweep.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Mike
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