Ditto on the slow wipers, I just watched an old MG promotional film on the
TD. One scene was in the rain. (Same film showed them cruising at 80 mph!)
Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
Email - bobmgtd@insightbb.com
52 MGTD - NEMGTR #11470
71 MGB - NAMGBR #7-3336
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Howard" <mgbob@juno.com>
To: <gunnellj@krause.com>
Cc: <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: Watz Wrong With Wipers?
> John,
> TD wipers that don't wipe? Sounds pretty normal to me.
> No, just kidding. They are pretty reliable things that run for years.
> Slowly, so you might not think they are running, but they are.
> Two causes I can think of right off:
> The wiper arm is slipping on the shaft that sticks through
> windscreen,
> The tiny drive pin through the shaft and into the collar has
> sheared.
>
> Pull off the levers and the cover. Put the levers back on. See that
> the little lever is for the switch and that the other pulls to engage and
> to park the wiper gears, and that it swings when the motor is driving the
> mechanism.
> There should be a tiny pin through the shaft that engages in a cut-out
> on the outer shaft/tube.
>
> While you have it apart, give it a good cleaning and change the
> grease. Chances are that the grease is pretty hard and that the bearings
> haven't been oiled since the car was new. A few minutes doing that will
> keep the wipers happy. Inspect the seal on outside of the windscreen
> frame. If it perishes, rain can get down into the housing via the shaft,
> fill it and short the electrics.
>
> Bob
>
> On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 13:47:23 -0500 "Gunnell, John" <gunnellj@krause.com>
> writes:
> > Gentlemen
> >
> > It wasn't supposed to rain in Wisconsin until tonight, but boy it
> > did! After the airport lunch we decided to take the '52 TD home.
> > Halfway there the wipers stopped wiping. The motor is running fine
> > but the wiper arms don't move back and forth.
> >
> > They hung up once on the ride out, when it was raining much
> > lighter. Then they started again. But this time they ain't going to
> > start again.
> >
> > What am I dealing with? How do you fix it?
> >
> > Gotta get 'em working by the VSCDA races at Road America next
> > week!
> >
> > John Gunnell
> > Iola, WI
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