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From: "it.answers" <it.answers@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "james" <jamesnazarian@netzero.net>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: other wiper question
> This has been mulled over a number of times. As far as I can see every
> picture in Clausager, both RHD and LHD, roadster and GT, twin wipers and
> triple, show the wipers parking on the right and parallel to the bottom
edge
> of the screen (more or less). But the parts list shows different
gear-sets
> for LHD and RHD and different wiper arms for RHD and LHD, and this is for
> both roadster and GT. So I would say you had a LHD motor and RHD arms.
If
> yours really were wrong from new then maybe Abingdon ran out of LHD arms
...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "james" <jamesnazarian@netzero.net>
> To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 7:11 AM
> Subject: other wiper question
>
>
> > Since David has the picture up, I have a semi related wiper question
> > involving the arms on my '71BGT. Looking at the picture, the roadster
> > blades turn up (in relation to the picture) and the GT blades turn down.
> > When installed on the cars the roadster blades will park parallel to the
> > bottom of the windshield, while the GT blades will not. They will park
at
> > 30 degrees or so from parallel thus sticking up into the field of view.
> My
> > OE arms did this, as did the replacement arms I bought.
> >
> > It seems to me that the roadster arms have the correct bend for the way
> the
> > blades move in a LHD car, while the GT blades are correct for the
movement
> > expected in a RHD car. Why is this?
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