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eBay USA seller named MAX remanufactures Jaguar wiper motors. He's been around for years. Located in Delaware USA. Contact him to discuss the problem and a fix.
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My LHD 1965 S type wipers park towards the Driver's side, in front of the steering wheel so the driver has a full sweep.
DR3 Motor has a fine-adjustment thumb knob which allows for lowering the arms + blades to Park as low as one wants to avoid line-of-sight interference when driving. Very smart.
**copy and paste the following ebay item number in the ebay Search box: 387121925116 to contact Max.
My LHD 1965 S type wipers park towards the Driver's side, in front of the steering wheel so the driver has a full sweep.
DR3 Motor has a fine-adjustment thumb knob which allows for lowering the arms + blades to Park as low as one wants to avoid line-of-sight interference when driving. Very smart.
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It checked my spare wiper motors. One had a 1958 cover (MK1) and the other had a1963 cover (MK2).
Both have 120-degree gear wheels.
The "throw" or movement translated to the rack cable is exactly 1 inch (roughly 25mm)
NOTE. There is no adjustment for sweep position at the wiper motor. That is done by positioning the wiper arms on the splines of the wheel box.
Hint. Remove wiper arms. Disconnect battery. Set wiper switch to low. Momentarily touching battery to find lowest position of sweep on windscreen. replace wiper arm. Now check sweep limits as desired. Do not involve the off/park position while doing this.
In addition, you cannot adjust the amount of sweep at all.
The park adjustment on the wiper motor should only be adjusted after setting the wiper arms correctly for the desired sweep.
Both have 120-degree gear wheels.
The "throw" or movement translated to the rack cable is exactly 1 inch (roughly 25mm)
NOTE. There is no adjustment for sweep position at the wiper motor. That is done by positioning the wiper arms on the splines of the wheel box.
Hint. Remove wiper arms. Disconnect battery. Set wiper switch to low. Momentarily touching battery to find lowest position of sweep on windscreen. replace wiper arm. Now check sweep limits as desired. Do not involve the off/park position while doing this.
In addition, you cannot adjust the amount of sweep at all.
The park adjustment on the wiper motor should only be adjusted after setting the wiper arms correctly for the desired sweep.
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Thanks for all the great info. So the 120 degree arc is the wipe arc after the wipers have come out of park (so the actual area wiped on a normal wipe cycle) or the full arc from parked to max?
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It will always be the area determined by the wipe cycle. i.e. 120 degrees.
You can actually set the park position outside the wipe cycle area if you feel you need to.
It will not be wiped except for the one cycle as it goes into and out of the parking position when you select off with the switch.
Just think of two different motor systems. One does the wiping and the other does the parking.
It will always be the area determined by the wipe cycle. i.e. 120 degrees.
You can actually set the park position outside the wipe cycle area if you feel you need to.
It will not be wiped except for the one cycle as it goes into and out of the parking position when you select off with the switch.
Just think of two different motor systems. One does the wiping and the other does the parking.
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It must be one of the three great AAAs. Age ,Alzymers or Alcohol for me to make my previous post's statement about setting "the park position outside the wipe cycle area."
That is just not possible.
You normally adjust the park position to be at the end of the sweep
That is just not possible.
You normally adjust the park position to be at the end of the sweep
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Thanks Bill. Unfortunately I can relate!
So the complete cycle is 150 degrees and within the 150 you can set the park. I really want the current parked position to also be the end of the normal cycle (or close) I guess when i get the mechanism open I should be able to work out.
Just took a beter look at the diagrams and it’s just and adjuster. So I assume simply set the park closer to the end of the sweep and then reposition the wiper arms.
So the complete cycle is 150 degrees and within the 150 you can set the park. I really want the current parked position to also be the end of the normal cycle (or close) I guess when i get the mechanism open I should be able to work out.
Just took a beter look at the diagrams and it’s just and adjuster. So I assume simply set the park closer to the end of the sweep and then reposition the wiper arms.
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The gentleman's guide to Lucas DR1 and DR2 windscreen wiper motors can be found in the attached PDFs
and there's more interesting stuff at:
https://retronicsonline.com/
and there's more interesting stuff at:
https://retronicsonline.com/
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