wiper blade and arm

[marcus1875]

What is the wiper blade and arm from? A generic one would do, but i'd rather put the original on if possible. It's a 1982 fhc 2.8
cheers marcus

[wooly350i]

Two attempts with tvr carparts before they sold up ended up with a new arm but I still had to put the kink in the blade end using a press followed by a paint job on it. Must be some company that will do it for you, David Gerald perhaps. Wooly.

[MJG280]

Fiesta rear window for wiper. Transit van maybe for the arm?

You just have to work out the year

[Wedg1e]

MJG280 said:

Fiesta rear window for wiper. Transit van maybe for the arm?

You just have to work out the year

I always believed it to be an ex-Transit arm, but ISTR someone saying a few years ago that it was possibly from a Citroen CX. The CX was around from '74-on so would fit the Tasmin design time frame. Looking at pictures on the 'net, it was a single-wiper design, parked on the O/S for RHD cars and the car had a big screen, so who knows...

[taz turbo]

My arm came from a large independent motor factor, long since gone. But, it was made by Champion (as in spark plugs) and is adjustable in length, fitted the correct length blade and adjusted the arm to suit, the result is IMO perfect.

Chris.

[RCK974X]

A suggestion.... when I had several kit cars, one of which needed very SHORT wiper arms, I never could find any.....

If you look at quite a lot of arms, they only have two rivets holding the arm to the 'base', and I have drilled these out and reset arm, redrilled and bolted arm back in place....

Yeah, just a wild thought if you're really stuck.....

[James MK]

It's on my 'alternative spares' list as a transit arm. What I really want is the early straight arm wiper that the S1 models have. Any ideas what that one came from?

[mrzigazaga]

Might be TR7..mine is like the first one but with the second ones down turned end, Unless it was bent downward..It was chrome originally but i painted it black as it was a bit pitted...Ziga

1. http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-PRC2620P
2. http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-PRC2621P

[Mr Tank]

mrzigazaga said:

Might be TR7..mine is like the first one but with the second ones down turned end, Unless it was bent downward..It was chrome originally but i painted it black as it was a bit pitted...Ziga

1. http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-PRC2620P
2. http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-PRC2621P

Mark

The first one looks correct it just depends on the length? If you hold the arm up the end should go to the left!
So when the arm is fitted the wiper head will lay horisonal (Ish) infront of the driver! The wiper head can be purchased from any good motor factors, again its the length what matter's.

Andy

[marcus1875]

thanks for all the responses guys.
good to have you back Andy!
Are you sure about the first one Mark posted tho? The reason i'm asking is that it us marked left hand, wouldn't we need the right hand if it should rest in front of driver? or is it marked as if we are looking at it from the front rather than drivers seat?

[Mr Tank]

marcus1875 said:

thanks for all the responses guys.
good to have you back Andy!
Are you sure about the first one Mark posted tho? The reason i'm asking is that it us marked left hand, wouldn't we need the right hand if it should rest in front of driver? or is it marked as if we are looking at it from the front rather than drivers seat?

Hi Marcus

Viewed from the front of the car!
The blade lays to the left, the bent end then will be horisontal (ish) so the blade then lays that way in the off postion!

Andy

[marcus1875]

cheers Andy.

[Mr Tank]

Hi

The arm for sale from Rimmers is the correct shape but is not long enough! By a long way!

Andy

[RCK974X]

Again, if you're really desperate, you can bend a a 'left handed' arm to become 'right handed' in a vice.....

I had a Fiesta one as a spare, and after reading this thread, realised it's the wrong way round, but was able to bend it ....

[carob]

Mk 11 Fiesta rear arm??? Citeron AX looks about right also.

Rob

[Wedg1e]

carob said:

Mk 11 Fiesta rear arm??? Citeron AX looks about right also.

Rob

I guess it'd have to have been the Mk 1 Fiesta Rob, the Mk 2 didn't come out till '83 (though they probably used the same arm)... a quick Google makes me think it's perhaps a bit short, though the Fiesta was robbed of it's bonnet and boot catches for the Tasmin so you may be right.

AX arm might fit but it was introduced a loooong time after the Wedge

[lefvl]

still desperately searching for a wiper arm for my 350i....
Cannot find anything correct on internet...
Any help is very welcome (Frequent rain here in Belgium...)

Francis