Wiper Motor Help

[Hallsty]

Good Morning,

I’ve had issues with my Lucas wiper motor recently on a 97 Chim. Apologies for the lack of tech knowledge beforehand.

1) When I bought the car, the wipers were parked on the drivers side. After stripping the motor, re-lubing etc, I couldn’t figure out how to change this to park on the passenger side.

2) I bought new wipers, which are were from race tech, which were larger than what was already on the car. After a couple of months, my wiper motor has packed in, and I believe it has burnt out.

My question is one, even though it’s a Lucas wiper motor, could this have been replaced with the 14W unit, hence it not being man enough for the wipers. And two, is anybody on here still refurbishing them? I know Adrian used to do this, but from memory I believe he has stopped? I know Powers do a rebuild, but wanted to ask here first.

[Belle427]

Tvr parts sell an upgraded motor which really is excellent but it’s now silly money, it’s the best upgrade you will do though.
I believe the guy you mention can still be contacted via Facebook for the repairs so maybe explore this avenue first.

[TJC46]

Quick search on t"internet and found this company. Maybe worth an email.

http://www.robsonandfrancisrewinds.co.uk/veteran/

[Hallsty]

Thank you for your replies. The upgraded motor I have looked into as a last resort, but it won’t solve my issue of the wipers parking on the wrong side.

I’ll take a look at the rewinding too, but the same issue applies as above.

[Loubaruch]

As said your best bet is to contact Adrian Venn on Facebook, he is the expert on TVR wiper motors. he gave me excellent advice just recently.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/adrianvenn/