Catastrophe

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Catastrophe

Post by Andy the tyre man » Sun Aug 05, 2012 5:44 pm

It looked so nice this morning we decided to go see the mother in law in the mgf.. :D

Roof down, shades on, tunes up!! 8-)

We were cracking along the flint coast road when a few spots of rain appeared so we decided to pull overand pull the roof up.

All was well untill I put the wipers on!!

The passenger side wiper arm decided to take on a DTM stylee!! :o

We returned home and went out in our "normal car" :roll:

I've just had a look at it now and the short bar from the motor to the arm has snapped in two!?!?

Has anyone got one in their spares collection???
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Re: Catastrophe

Post by Rob Bell » Thu Aug 09, 2012 3:38 pm

Which bit do you need Andy? May be able to help - would be good to see a picture?
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Re: Catastrophe

Post by Andy the tyre man » Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:48 pm

It's the short piece that connects the n/s wiper arm to the motor.

The one with a kink in it.

Can't post a pic as I'm on here with an iPhone and iPad and don't know how to use them!!
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Re: Catastrophe

Post by Rob Bell » Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:59 pm

Can you identify the part from this?

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Re: Catastrophe

Post by Andy the tyre man » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:44 pm

It's part 18. The kinked one on the left but on mine that goes to the right!!
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Re: Catastrophe

Post by Rob Bell » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:50 pm

I'll see whether I have a spare :)
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Re: Catastrophe

Post by Rob Bell » Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:50 pm

PS I'll move this to technical if that's okay with you? :)
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Re: Catastrophe

Post by Andy the tyre man » Fri Aug 10, 2012 4:03 pm

Yep. Cheers.
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Re: Catastrophe

Post by Malcbox » Sun Aug 12, 2012 8:30 am

I have a complete wiper linkage in my shed and having parted company with the FImage a couple of weeks ago, it's no use to me.

It's a long way to N.Wales from Oxford and I can't guarantee that all the joints are still kosher, but the bit is yours if you can work out an economical way of getting it !
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Re: Catastrophe

Post by Andy the tyre man » Sun Aug 12, 2012 4:14 pm

Malcbox wrote:I have a complete wiper linkage in my shed and having parted company with the FImage a couple of weeks ago, it's no use to me.

It's a long way to N.Wales from Oxford and I can't guarantee that all the joints are still kosher, but the bit is yours if you can work out an economical way of getting it !

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Re: Catastrophe

Post by Geoff.F » Sun Aug 12, 2012 4:57 pm

You have to take it all apart to fit a 2nd hand plastic joint part that may last until tomorrow. You may look at the steel joint assembly available from http:// www.rimmerbros.co.uk which will last forever.
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Re: Catastrophe

Post by Rob Bell » Mon Aug 13, 2012 2:18 pm

Mike Satur also does these linkages: http://www.mikesatur.com/acatalog/Mecha ... 1_21AC6490
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