I'm glad I could be the list's lab rat. <LOL>
james
----- Original Message -----
From: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
To: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: 13 April, 2002 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: Stupid, stupid, stupid
> A good story, and a lesson for us all... thanks for posting it!
>
> on 4/13/02 1:15 AM, james at jamesnazarian@netzero.net wrote:
>
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > For any of you that read my question about wipers the other day, please
forget
> > EVERYTHING I asked and said about my GT. In the 2 years the car has
been
> > stripped I had forgotten how they worked. I had expected that the
wipers
> > would park as a modern car would, in front of the passenger, so as I
stated
> > the blades just didn't sit right that way. As you may remember, I tore
apart
> > the arms and flipped them to park that way. Yesterday I powered them up
and
> > they rotated down onto the body, I blew the fuse but did no damage. By
some
> > stroke of luck I had my photo album on hand so I checked the picture of
before
> > I tore down the car, and the blades parked in front of the driver.
> >
> > I thought to myself, it will still be better to park them out of the
way. I
> > verified the drive mechanisms were centered to avoid missing the area in
front
> > of the driver; I then pulled the motor, flipped the drive arm on the
gear so
> > they would park the other way, and reinstalled it. I turned them on and
they
> > worked perfectly except for leaving a huge unswept area in front of the
> > driver. So out came the motor, undo everything I just did, off come
the arms
> > and put them back how they came, and try again.
> >
> > After all this fiddling I am back to where the engineers put everything
to
> > begin with. DAMN I HATE WHEN THAT HAPPENS!!! I thought I was doing
myself a
> > favor, but in all this time I forgot how these things worked to begin
with. I
> > ended up causing myself a lot of work for nothing but some greater
> > understanding, which is, at least, a small consolation.
> >
> > To everyone that was confused by what I was asking about wiper arms the
other
> > day, sorry I was unduly confusing everyone. As it turns out I was
asking a
> > question based on an assumption that was incorrect.
> >
> > james
> >
>
> --
>
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
> it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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