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| revd Member Since: 20 Apr 2024 Location: England Posts: 249  
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Code FLASH20 for 20% off JLR Classic parts this weekend
https://parts.jaguarlandroverclassic.com Probably still just as expensive as genuine parts at Rimmer Bros |
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18th Apr 2025 8:42pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10988 
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Thanks for the link revd
 Clayton.
1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper. |
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18th Apr 2025 8:46pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10988
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Iv'e just had a look on JLR classic and they don't do the wiper motor, so i went onto Rimmer brothers and i had a big shock, genuine wiper motor is around £300 and a aftermarket wiper motor is around the £100 mark, i know going genuine is the way to go, at this price, is it ? Clayton.
1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper. |
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18th Apr 2025 8:58pm |
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| donmacn Member Since: 07 Nov 2017 Location: Nth Scotland Posts: 1886 
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I was in exactly the same position not so long ago. Original motor stopped working (though as I get older…. I can’t remember what the symptoms were!)
Although I’m increasingly going for genuine these days if it’s sensible, I know I didn’t pay £300 for the replacement so I’m assuming I went for non-genuine. Been on a couple of years I think, with no issues. I kept the old one and took it apart. Though I don’t really know much about these things, it looked like a new set of brushes might have been all that was needed, so I’ve kept it on the shelf and will maybe look again if the need arises. The genuine vs aftermarket is always a difficult question, though for me personally £100 vs £300 would probably swing it! (Edit - not trying to teach Clayton to suck eggs… but I assume you’ve checked the motor itself and it’s not anything like seized wiper boxes, relays, fuses etc?) Donald 1994 Defender 300Tdi 110 SW - owned since 2002 - 230k miles and going strong (The 'rolling restoration' or tinkering thread: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic58538.html ) 2000 Range Rover P38 4.0L V8 in the past.. RR classic - fitted with 200Tdi 1984 RR classic - V8 with ZF auto box 1993 Discovery 300Tdi not to mention the minis and the Type 2 VW camper... |
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19th Apr 2025 8:43am |
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| revd Member Since: 20 Apr 2024 Location: England Posts: 249
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All genuine 'Lucas' parts, inc switch gear etc are very expensive now
No wonder Britpart keep going If the job is a pig, to save doing it twice I would normally tend to go for genuine but I'm wary now of paying for a green oval on the box only to find the contents are indistinguishable from pattern parts. Anyone here have any experience of the cheaper option? |
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19th Apr 2025 11:23am |
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| Retroanaconda Member Since: 04 Jan 2012 Location: Scotland Posts: 2737 
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Definitely worth stripping the motor before buying new. They’re not complicated things, and as above a new brush set might be all it needs.
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19th Apr 2025 12:04pm |
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| MR_JAMES Member Since: 10 Oct 2013 Location: ESSEX Posts: 260 
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Thinking outside the box, isnt the defender just leyland parts bin technology? Its a common wiper motor fitted to other cars, like the mini column switches and mini interior door handles. The wiper motor in my mini looks identical, and minispares sell one made by the original manufacturer for £49.80inc vat, you just have to put your gear in from the old one. 1953 80"
1987 mini city e 2011 90" |
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19th Apr 2025 9:21pm |
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| paul 123 Member Since: 10 Jul 2022 Location: norwich Posts: 110 
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when you put the gear in make sure its the right way or you end up with lhd wipers. also some new motors need changing.
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20th Apr 2025 7:28am |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20821
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Lucas is pretty decent normally, often LR Genuine anyway.
Just fresh grease and everything lubed up can make a heck of a difference, the wheel boxes and rack can as good as seize up on its own. On mine the Motor was the only thing I didn’t replace, but when everything else was done it was like new so was causing the motor to labour w lot being all gummed up, plus noise as well. In good working order, wipers should be relatively quiet. In summer, I now use the wipers occasionally with washers every now and then, even at the expense of a little washer fluid. As in long spells in summer the wipers don’t get used, and this is when the grease gums up, thickens and drys, typically, then heavy rain after a long period of use and the wipers fail. Sod’s Law dictates that might be in autumn too, and that might, be MOT time coming up, which can then be various problems rolled into one, plus raining as well when wanting to fix it. 
So if possible, best to tackle that job in good weather when convenient, but of course that isn’t always possible or as predictable as that. But the wheel boxes and rack do get gummed up in summer, so it’s worth bearing that in mind, using wipers on and off over those months, will stop that being an issue. _\Hennessey|Venom| F5/___ ___\⭐️Lone|Star|State/___ ____\We|Will|Win/___ ____/🇬🇧🇺🇸\____ _//*⛽️🛢️⚙️🧰*\\_ |
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20th Apr 2025 5:10pm |
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| Mo Murphy Member Since: 01 Jun 2008 Location: Letchworth Garden City, Herts Posts: 2340 
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In my experience Lucas these days is repackaged cheap tat from India and China and by no stretch of the imagination would I ever call it "quality".
Mo The Land Rover 90 - Many are called, few are chosen. 50 Shades of Pennine Grey |
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21st Apr 2025 1:44pm |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10988
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Thank you to all the reply's
So to update this... I was going to buy a genuine one but they were not in stock, so i got an aftermarket one, i had to change over the gearing, cleaning and putting new grease in, i then installed it in Millie, it didn't work at first found out it was the fuse which had blown, but someone had put a 10A in where it should have been a 15A, i have put the correct one in there now, it all works
Q. the driver's side wiper arm doesn't go all the way over to the windscreen rubber and the passenger side doesn't go to the middle, is this because it's new or have i not installed the gearing in the right position ? TIA. Clayton. 1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper. |
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23rd Apr 2025 9:23pm |
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| ak615 Member Since: 22 Aug 2018 Location: essex Posts: 186 |
I'd take the wiper arms off ,switch the wipers on and allow to cycle a couple of times ,switch wipers off replace wiper arms in parked positions, switch wipers on and see if they sweep correctly.
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24th Apr 2025 6:44am |
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| L110CDL Member Since: 31 Oct 2015 Location: Devon Posts: 10988
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Thanks for the tip, i will hopefully have a go at the weekend sometime
Clayton.
1996 Golf Blue 300Tdi 110 Pick up. Keeper. |
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25th Apr 2025 9:29pm |
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| Joeytf Member Since: 20 Sep 2024 Location: Somerset Posts: 19
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Sorry to jump on this but I’m having wiper issues. My wipers aren’t moving all the way to clear I front of the driver. I’ve changed the wheels and the wipers are set in the right position just don’t get much of a swoosh.
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25th Apr 2025 9:32pm |
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