Windshield Wiper Mechanism
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yachtmanbuttson (05-17-2018)
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Right you are. The hardened grease made the wipers work harder than they needed to. The drivers side was acPIA to het out, but oit it came. Boy, did I open Pandora's box though. Surface rust under the 2 mechanisms that I have Ospho working on now. And... both of the plenum vacuum plastic boxes are more than crumbled. I had to remove them to get at the rust properly. Don't have a parts yatd around here so I 'll have to acquire them somehow. I do have a new dash I've been waiting to put in. Maybe now is the time.
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level 1 (05-22-2018)
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contact David at Everyday XJ and he'll send you two good used ones. Those are the Windshield Defrost plenums.
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level 1 (05-22-2018)
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Just found a piece of scrape sheet rubber (neoprene?) 1/8" thick that would make perfect washers. And easy to cut with an Xacto knife. I'll use the angled outside piece as a template. I assume one washer goes on the inside and one on the outside? They were both missing when I took them out of the car. Would explain the surface rust under the dash. Ospho did a great job overnight. Love that stuff.
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I think 1/16 or thinner. Also only one per rack, the one on the outside of the cowl.1/8 might be too thick. Not sure. The trick is the center hole, it should be super tight and should fit like a gearshift boot, so you cut the outside oval last after the gasket has been stretched over the shaft housing.