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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dennis:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>The ‘partial basket case’ BJ-8 I bought did the same thing. The P.O. partially assembled the car including the wiper assembly, dash, windscreen… When I went to use it, it did the same thing. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>After much investigation, it turns out the wiper motor has a built-in parking adjustment in the form of a rotating housing. See attached picture of a similar wiper motor. The round part with the wire going to it rotates when the four hex screws are loosened.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>If the park adjustment is far enough off, it will try to wipe down on to the bonnet. It turned out that on my car the three screws securing the housing had loosened [or never tightened by someone in the past]. I suspect the housing vibrated to a position where the wipers no longer wiped just the windscreen.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>My advice is to kneel next to the car or get under the dash and see if you can rotate the adjuster – it’s on the top of the wiper motor housing on my BJ-8. If so, then you should be able to rotate it back to where it needs to be.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Securing all three screws while the unit is on the car appears to be darn near impossible. I will leave it to others to come up with a way to secure all three without removing the wiper motor assembly, which is a lot of work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Al Fuller</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>'65 BJ-8</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>'85 Rx-7</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dennis Gavin<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, August 27, 2017 11:24 AM<br><b>To:</b> healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] BJ7 Windshield Wipers<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Healey Gurus,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My 63 BJ7 wipers are giving me trouble and not sure where to start. They now seem off the track, won’t park and only wipe about 30 degrees of windshield. Now progressed to attempting to wipe the bonnet? Suggestions from this most valuable group sincerely appreciated. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>djg<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dennis Gavin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Gavin Associates Inc<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Office: (508)-381-1090<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Fax: (508)-381-1095<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:Djg@Gavinassociates.com">Djg@Gavinassociates.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.GavinAssociates.com"><span style='color:blue'>www.GavinAssociates.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=280 height=80 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.gif@01D31F33.19C7BD30" alt="Gavin Associates Logo"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>