Just a quick one, had my wiperarms off (to paint and to find a dripping leak on the missus's feet) they are different in length.
Where comes the short one and where comes the long one? (driver's side/passenger side, I am willing to translate offside/nearside.)
Tony.
It might be the other way round for you but on a RHD car the longer one goes on the passenger side. If you get them wrong, the longer one on the drivers side clonks against the pillar.
As Gilbertd says. LHD cars arms have different part numbers to RHD so I think his view that long one is passenger side is correct.
Sorry to hear about your missus leaky feet. Must be very hard on her shoes so I can understand why you need to paint them :) :)
thanks guys for the replies. Indeed it's a LHD but the construction is mirror mounted to RHD so driverside stays driverside.
Wat wonders me also is the part mounted to the shaft, the driverside arm (short one) is a bit bend compared to pass. side. Is this normal or has someone tried something in a vice, I don't think so because it is cast aluminium and should break if you try to bend it.
As for the leaking, I think it is the cover of the cabinfilter that leaks, I have taken it apart including the housing and could see someone has been busy with silicone sealer in the past. I sealed the cover and mountingplate of the housing all around (six M10 bolts) to rule everything out. And checked the wiring of the screenheater for continuety, it gets 12V but does not heat, ohm reading between feed and return is 0 ohms, I don't get it.
As for the missus her shoes, is there something to claim at LR?
That's the other difference. As well as the passenger one being longer, the drivers one has a twist in it so the wiper stays flat on the windscreen. Nobody has bent it, it should be like that.
Another place for water to get in is through the hole above the cabin filter where a self tapping screw holds the plastic down. Are you checking the windscreen resistance with the cable disconnected?
Yes I did, the connecters are bot shiny, no sign of rust. Took the connector apart, put the probe on it and the other one on the groundwire that sits in the middle of the screen. I'm not inclined in electrickery so it wondered me that it gave 0 on both halves of the screen while the driverside works. It's the passengerside that fails. I'm not going to make a drama out of it but while I was there I took a look.
For the same reason I want the seatheaters get back to work, I've seen a good writeup from Marty on the other site from the past.
The heated seats aren't that hard to do, more a pain in the butt, I upgraded the stats on mine at the same time, there's also kits on eBay that give you 2 heat settings, a little more involved fitting the switch into seat base. Much cheaper than OEM replacements, I just repaired the existing..
The heated seats are epic, if you have the uprated thermostat. Marty persuaded me against my OEM-only fetish that they were a good idea and with the cabin heat disconnected over winter I've thanked him pretty much every morning since!
So, resuming, first I print the ETM page that handles the heated seats, read carefully Marty's epistel and see what comes up in terms of functionality.
Then uprated thermostats, any partnumbers Morat? (Because I also have a bit of a OEM fetish while there can be better parts around)
While you're into the seat bases swap the covers side to side. That way the worn bit where you slide into drivers seat becomes the inside of passenger seat and can't be easily seen.
Marty fitted my thermostats so I don't know the part No but I'm sure he'll sell you a pair from stock.
Orangebean wrote:
That way the worn bit where you slide into drivers seat becomes the inside of passenger seat and can't be easily seen.
Must say the seat is not worn at the 'slide in' area, it's a German car but I think the PO was not the typical 'big belly Bavarian' type of guy.
But I see what you mean, my previous Classic needed a new driverseat, bought from the bay UK a second hand passenger seat, like new!