Windscreen wiper motor and linkage - removal and refitting
Removal
1 Remove the wiper arms and blades as
described in Section 17.
2 Disconnect the battery negative terminal.
3 Remove the nut covers, the fixing nuts, washers and spacers from the pivot shafts.
4 Disconnect the wiper motor wiring at the multi-pin plugs.
5 Unscrew the two fixing bolts and withdraw the motor complete with linkage from the engine compartment (see illustration).
18.5 Windscreen wiper motor fixing bolts (arrowed)
6 Remove the spacers from the pivot shafts.
7 The motor can be separated from the linkage by removing the nut from the crankarm and then unbolting the motor from the mounting.
Refitting
8 Refitting is a reversal of removal, but
connect the motor crankarm when the link is
aligned with it as shown (see illustration).
18.8 Windscreen wiper crankarm alignment for refitting
See also:
Air cleaner inlet air temperature control check (Every 24 000 miles (40 000
km) or 2 years)
SOHC and DOHC carburettor
models
1 A vacuum pump will be required to test the
control components.
2 To check the operation of the air
temperature control, the engine must be cold.
First observe ...
Airflow meter - removal and refitting
Note: A tachometer and an exhaust gas
analyser will be required to check the idle
mixture on completion.
1 Disconnect the battery negative lead.
2 Depress the locking clip on the airflow
meter wi ...
Diagram 1: 1980-86 Starting, charging, and ignition (except
fuel injection models)
Diagram 1: 1980-86 Starting, charging, and ignition (except fuel injection
models) ...
