Marcos Maniacs

Hello Bob
Wake up!!!! We can't just go down to the local Marcos dealer now can we. SO
get the puny little wiper motor in your marcos and try it. Capich
Dave 5006

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Bob Magnotti [SMTP:rhdspritemk1@...]
> Sent:	Monday, October 22, 2001 1:40 PM
> To:	MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
> Subject:	[MarcosManiacs] Re: More Wiper motor/ gearing questions.....
> Please help!!!!
> 
> Jeff,
> 
> I have been looking for the correct wiper motor for my car also.  I 
> broke the park sensor mounting tab which means I have to manually 
> turn the switch off at the correct time.  That is they will not go to 
> rest position when you switch them off.  No big deal, I can do that.  
> I have found listings for a Sprite wiper motor but that moror is 
> physically smaller than the one in my car.  I think it being smaller 
> would mean less drive power also.  I have not tried one of those 
> motors, even though I have several of them.  The 120 degrees is the 
> actual sweep arc of the wipers and 120 is what is in my car.  The 
> actual sweep drive gear is bout 3.5 to 4 inches in diameter.  Is that 
> what you have now?
> 
> Bob Magnotti
> 68 GT #5179
> 
> 
> 
> --- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "Jeff Caraway" <DovenWolf@c...> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > I finally got my replacement wiper motor in this weekend, but am not
> > sure that it is quite right.
> > It moves fairly slow and almost grinds to a halt on a dry 
> windshield,
> > and the "high" speed is even worse and can barely move.
> > It acts OK with the wiper arms off or on a wet windshield, but I 
> still
> > wonder if it is right.
> > I used a replacement motor that was sent to me. It looked the same, 
> but
> > the origin of the motor is unknown. The only real difference I did
> > notice is that the main gear in the original has 120 degrees 
> stamped on
> > it and the replacement had 105 degrees. At first I though this was a
> > position marker for the gears, however the more I think about it, I 
> am
> > lead to believe that the number indicates the arc that the wipers 
> will
> > follow.
> > Now, if this is the case, would the 120degree gears have more 
> torque and
> > cover more of the windshield than the 105?
> > Or, could it actually be a weaker motor even though that part looked
> > exactly the same?
> > I am leaning towards changing the gears because I wouldn't think 
> that
> > they (Lucas) would radically change a 14W motor for each 
> application.
> >  
> > Can anyone add their opinion/ knowledge/ experience?
> >  
> > I'd really like some second opinions before I go ripping the whole 
> lot
> > back out to change the gears.
> >  
> > Thanks,
> > Jeff Caraway
> > #8052 1984 V6 GT
> 
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