shooie811 Posted October 15, 2010 Share Posted October 15, 2010 hi just wondering if any body has upgraded their wiper motor for something else i quite fancy one off a merc cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANTAMAN Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 This is something i've never heard of anyone doing. what is better about a Merc wiper motor? suspose if you are good enough at engineering you can make anything fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooie811 Posted October 21, 2010 Author Share Posted October 21, 2010 This is something i've never heard of anyone doing. what is better about a Merc wiper motor? suspose if you are good enough at engineering you can make anything fit. the merc wiper is a single wiper that goes side to side aswell as up and down im just leaving as is cant be bothered with the hastle lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANTAMAN Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Ahh i see, single wiper arm conversions are popular on a number of cars but these cars are made with a universal scuttle. By this i mean that the metal below the windcreen is constructed in such a manner that one wiper pivot is in the center and the other wiper pivot hole is opened up during manufacture on either the left of right of the scuttle depending wether the car is to be right or left hand drive. A Manta scuttle has both wiper pivot points offset from center so to make a single wiper conversion a new pivot point would have to be created in the center of the scuttle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manta400john Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 What about just getting a Merc and adding manta body panels....then no need to worry about the wiper John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christ Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 A Manta scuttle has both wiper pivot points offset from center so to make a single wiper conversion a new pivot point would have to be created in the center of the scuttle. or perhaps not..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooie811 Posted October 25, 2010 Author Share Posted October 25, 2010 or perhaps not..... is that the standard wiper motor?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyc Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 There is talk that cars modified to use a single wiper will be checked at MOT time to make sure that they park in the correct place and the swept area is the same as the orginal. Might be worth checking is VOSA etc before you spend time and money Cheers Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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